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Nvidia scales back financial guarantee to under $120 billion for OpenAI data center project
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The chipmaker cut its proposed backstop by more than half to ease investor jitters over its massive exposure to SoftBank's Ohio AI facility.
Key facts
- Nvidia has chopped its proposed financial guarantee for OpenAI’s colossal Ohio data center from roughly $250 billion down to below $120 billion
- A prior agreement between Nvidia and OpenAI struck in 2025 had already outlined up to $100 billion in progressive investments tied to significantly scaled deployments
- The revised backstop is designed to cover lease payments and construction-related debt on a 10-gigawatt AI computing facility being developed by SoftBank’s SB Energy subsidiary in the Pike County
- SoftBank’s SB Energy subsidiary is handling the development side, which places the project squarely within Masayoshi Son’s broader bet on AI infrastructure
Summary
Nvidia has chopped its proposed financial guarantee for OpenAI’s colossal Ohio data center from roughly $250 billion down to below $120 billion. The revised backstop is designed to cover lease payments and construction-related debt on a 10-gigawatt AI computing facility being developed by SoftBank’s SB Energy subsidiary in the Pike County area of Ohio. A prior agreement between Nvidia and OpenAI struck in 2025 had already outlined up to $100 billion in progressive investments tied to significantly scaled deployments. The planned data center is staggering by any measure.