Nvidia Negotiates $250B Guarantee for OpenAI
Reports say Nvidia is negotiating a roughly $250 billion financing guarantee to let OpenAI lease and develop a proposed 10-gigawatt AI data-center campus in Pike County, Ohio, led by a SoftBank/SB Energy subsidiary with U.S. Department of Energy involvement. The campus could exceed $500 billion in total costs, with a SoftBank unit handling power and Japan reportedly offering about $33 billion in financing tied to lower U.S. tariffs; the first phase is targeted by 2028. The proposed backstop would allow OpenAI to raise lease and construction debt on Nvidia’s credit but would not cover Nvidia chips. Separately, Nvidia is reportedly weighing financing up to $350 billion of chip purchases for OpenAI. The talks are ongoing, have prompted market moves, and Nvidia and OpenAI have not publicly commented.
- •Nvidia is negotiating a roughly $250 billion financing guarantee to enable OpenAI to lease and develop a 10-gigawatt AI data-center campus in Pike County, Ohio, with SoftBank/SB Energy and U.S. Department of Energy involvement.
- •The Ohio campus could exceed $500 billion in total costs; a SoftBank subsidiary would handle power and Japan has been reported to offer about $33 billion in tied financing; first phase targeted by 2028.
- •The proposed guarantee would let OpenAI raise lease and construction debt on Nvidia’s credit but would not cover Nvidia chips.
