{"id":351,"date":"2026-08-18T08:03:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T00:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidashxp.com\/nvidia-105b-openai-datacenter-ohio-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T08:03:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T00:03:53","slug":"nvidia-105b-openai-datacenter-ohio-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidashxp.com\/en\/nvidia-105b-openai-datacenter-ohio-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Nvidia secures $105 billion for OpenAI data center: AI infrastructure arms race behind 8 GW of computing power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The AI \u200b\u200bcomputing power competition has entered the hundreds of billions of dollars level. According to Bloomberg,<strong>Nvidia has pledged up to $105 billion in guarantees to support OpenAI building a hyperscale data center in Ohio<\/strong>. This data center is being built by SB Energy, a subsidiary of SoftBank, and OpenAI will lease all the capacity - a total of 8 gigawatts (GW), with the first 800 megawatts (MW) expected to come online in 2028. At the same time, Nvidia will also invest $1.5 billion directly in SB Energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the concept of US$105 billion?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For comparison: OpenAI's own total historical financing is approximately US$20 billion, and Nvidia's US$105 billion guarantee is equivalent to the total financing of five OpenAIs. Even among global investment in science and technology infrastructure, this is an unprecedented scale\u2014equivalent to the cost of building 10 large nuclear power plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This 105 billion is not directly invested by Nvidia;<strong>Form of financial guarantee<\/strong>, ensuring that SB Energy can obtain sufficient construction funds. This arrangement means that, as a supplier of computing hardware, Nvidia is deeply involved in the financing of AI infrastructure, not just selling chips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does 8 gigawatts of computing power mean?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A data center capacity of 8 gigawatts (GW) is almost unheard of in the global data center field. Make a comparison:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Currently the world\u2019s largest data center<\/strong>: About 500-600 MW<\/li>\n<li><strong>OpenAI Ohio Project<\/strong>: 8,000 megawatts (8 gigawatts), more than 13 times the largest existing data center<\/li>\n<li><strong>First batch online<\/strong>: 800 MW (2028), already the size of today\u2019s largest data center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8 gigawatts of electricity is roughly equivalent to the total electricity consumption of eight cities with a population of one million. It is estimated that when operating at full capacity, this data center can accommodate<strong>Millions of Nvidia GPUs<\/strong>, enough to support training the next generation of models that are more than 10 times larger than GPT-5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Ohio?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ohio is becoming a \"feng shui treasure\" for American AI data centers. The state has a stable power grid, relatively low electricity costs, and large tracts of available land. But the rapid expansion of data centers has also triggered strong opposition from local residents - noise, water consumption, and impact on the power grid are all issues of dispute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just this week, The Verge reported that multiple data center projects across the United States have encountered community resistance, including projects in Atlanta, Michigan, Florida and other places that have been forced to suspend or modify their plans. Ohio gubernatorial candidates have even called for limits on data center expansion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AI infrastructure arms race: Who\u2019s following?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OpenAI isn't the only player betting on super data centers. In the past six months,<strong>Alphabet completes $84.75 billion in AI infrastructure financing<\/strong>(Buffett participated in an investment of 10 billion), Microsoft and Amazon are also frantically expanding data centers. AI computing power infrastructure is becoming the most expensive arms race among technology giants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This guarantee from Nvidia has also transformed it from a \"shovel seller\" to an \"investor in gold mines\" - this may mean that Nvidia believes that the demand for AI computing power will continue to grow exponentially in the next 5-10 years, and is not just a short-term hype.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary: AI infrastructure has entered the \"too big to fail\" stage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nvidia\u2019s $105 billion guarantee, coupled with OpenAI\u2019s 8 GW data center plan, marks that AI infrastructure construction has changed from \u201cicing on the cake\u201d to \u201clife and death.\u201d For ordinary users, this means that the scale and capabilities of AI models will make a qualitative leap in the next few years - but it also means that the AI \u200b\u200bindustry is becoming more and more \"asset-heavy\" and the entry threshold for small players is rising sharply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Want to learn more about AI tools and industry trends? 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