Nvidia to provide up to $105 billion guarantee for OpenAI’s Ohio data center

Nvidia has agreed to provide a guarantee of up to $105 billion to help OpenAI lease a sprawling data centre in Ohio ​being developed by SoftBank-owned SB Energy, in one of the chipmaker's largest infrastructure financing commitments.

Last week, scrutiny of such funding deepened after Nvidia partnered with six major financial institutions including BlackRock to launch financing platforms ​targeting more than $500 billion in third-party funding for AI infrastructure.5 ‌billion in SB Energy, months after a $1 billion investment from OpenAI and SoftBank to expand data center infrastructure.