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Nvidia Caps Guarantee at $105 Billion and Invests $1.5 Billion in Ohio AI Campus

The pledge signals a new model for financing large AI data centers that concentrates supplier exposure and could strain regional power systems.

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Nvidia's $105 billion investment into OpenAI's data center comes with questions.
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Overview

  • Nvidia disclosed a capped "aggregate payment obligation" of up to $105 billion and a $1.5 billion equity investment in SB Energy in filings and press releases Monday to support the PORTS‑Pike project.
  • OpenAI signed a 20‑year lease for the PORTS‑Pike Technology Campus in Pike County, Ohio, where Nvidia will be the exclusive supplier of GPUs, CPUs and networking for the initial phases.
  • The campus is planned to reach as much as 8 gigawatts of compute capacity with staged buildouts starting in 2028 and initial phases delivering several hundred megawatts of IT load.
  • Financing remains unsettled: Nvidia has parallel MOUs with six major financial firms to mobilize roughly $500 billion in third‑party compute financing while SB Energy and SoftBank weigh equity, possible IPO proceeds and project debt.
  • Developers and federal partners plan about 10 gigawatts of new generation and multibillion‑dollar transmission upgrades to power the site, a requirement that raises questions about local grid impacts, residual‑value risk and the circular flow of financing between suppliers and customers.