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OpenAI leases 10-gigawatt AI data center campus from SoftBank’s SB Energy
10 gigawatts. OpenAI just locked in a 20-year data center lease from SoftBank—signaling how the compute arms race is shifting from deals to dedicated campus capacity.
The KeyNews take
Why it matters
OpenAI is betting long-term on bespoke, utility-scale infrastructure rather than cloud rental. A 10GW campus lease signals the frontier labs are moving toward owned/controlled compute ecosystems—a buildout story that reshapes how AI companies think about data-center economics and energy.
The key facts
6 to know10-gigawatt data center campus
20-year lease agreement
Located in Ohio on former uranium processing plant
Built by SB Energy (SoftBank subsidiary)
August 2026 announcement
Dedicated infrastructure commitment signals shift away from cloud-only model
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Publisher excerpt: OpenAI Group PBC today announced that it has signed a 20-year lease for a sprawling data center cluster in Ohio. The campus is being built on the premises of a former uranium processing plant. The construction project is led by SB Energy, a SoftBank Group Corp. unit that develops data centers and…