Nvidia backs 4.25 GW of OpenAI capacity at Ohio's Ports-Pike campus
Nvidia confirmed (2026-08-17) that it is backing 4.25 GW of OpenAI capacity at the Ports-Pike data centre campus in Ohio, which will exclusively host Nvidia AI compute. Nvidia is investing $1.5 billion in SoftBank's data centre developer, and SB Energy and SoftBank plan to build 10 GW of new power capacity.
Who is affected and how
- supplier
- Procurement of power plant, grid and cooling equipment will be shaped around the large campuses.
- energy specialist
- The 10 GW of power capacity planned alongside the campus affects the region's generation and grid plans.
- engineer
- Fixed-load, gigawatt-scale campuses are becoming the reference for electrical and cooling design.
Sources
- Nvidia confirms it will back 4.25GW of OpenAI capacity at Ports-Pike mega data center - DCDdatacenterdynamics.com · Aug 17, 2026
- Nvidia backs financing for OpenAI data center in Ohio - CNBCcnbc.com · Aug 17, 2026
- NVIDIA, OpenAI Back 'World's Largest AI Data Center' at Ohio’s PORTS-Pike Siteconstructconnect news · Aug 18, 2026
- Nvidia Corporation (via Public) / NVIDIA Guarantees SB Energy's PORTS-Pike Technology Campus in Ohio to Exclusively Host NVIDIA AI Compute (Form 8-K)ebs.publicnow.com · Aug 17, 2026
- NVIDIA Guarantees SB Energy's PORTS-Pike Technology Campus in Ohio to Exclusively Host NVIDIA AI Computebarchart.com · Aug 17, 2026
- Nvidia investing $1.5B in SoftBank data center developer behind OpenAI project | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com · Aug 17, 2026
- OpenAI joins data center venture at former nuclear enrichment site in Pike County | WOSU Public Mediawosu.org · Aug 17, 2026
- Nvidia's Ohio Gambit: How a Chipmaker Became AI's Landlord, Power Broker, and Guarantorad-hoc-news.de · Aug 17, 2026
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