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OpenAI wants its biggest data center yet, and Nvidia would back the bill

10 gigawatts. OpenAI is negotiating its biggest data center yet—and Nvidia might be footing the bill.

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Why it matters

OpenAI's massive infrastructure play signals an aggressive compute expansion strategy, while Nvidia's potential financial backing reveals deepening interdependency between AI model makers and chip suppliers in the race for training and inference capacity.

The key facts

5 to know
  1. OpenAI negotiating lease for 10-gigawatt data center in Ohio

  2. Nvidia potentially providing financial backing for the project

  3. Location: Ohio

  4. Described as OpenAI's largest data center to date

  5. Source: The Information

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Publisher excerpt: OpenAI is negotiating to lease a planned 10-gigawatt data center in Ohio that could be financially backed by Nvidia, according to The Information.
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