--- title: The Billion-Dollar Deal Reshaping Nvidia and OpenAI’s AI... description: Nvidia has committed up to $105 billion in guarantees plus a $1.5 billion direct investment in SB Energy to help finance a massive OpenAI data center campus in... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-billion-dollar-deal-reshaping-nvidia-and-openai-s-ai-ambitions-ebvdyugjr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Billion-Dollar Deal Reshaping Nvidia and OpenAI’s AI Ambitions | daily.dev og:description: Nvidia has committed up to $105 billion in guarantees plus a $1.5 billion direct investment in SB Energy to help finance a massive OpenAI data center campus in... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-billion-dollar-deal-reshaping-nvidia-and-openai-s-ai-ambitions-ebvdyugjr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/eBvdyuGjr.png og:image:alt: The Billion-Dollar Deal Reshaping Nvidia and OpenAI’s AI Ambitions og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Billion-Dollar Deal Reshaping Nvidia and OpenAI’s AI Ambitions **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Nvidia has committed up to $105 billion in guarantees plus a $1.5 billion direct investment in SB Energy to help finance a massive OpenAI data center campus in southern Ohio, which is expected to scale to 8 gigawatts of capacity with an initial 800 megawatts online in 2028. Nvidia is also positioned to supply the chips for the facility, creating a feedback loop where Nvidia finances the infrastructure that then buys its hardware. Earlier talks had contemplated a larger $250 billion guarantee before it was scaled back over balance-sheet risk concerns. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang suggested the project alone could eventually generate hundreds of billions in Nvidia-related revenue, while Nvidia separately works with Wall Street firms to mobilize financing for AI infrastructure globally. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How much is Nvidia guaranteeing for OpenAI's Ohio data center project? Nvidia has committed to providing up to $105 billion in financial guarantees supporting OpenAI's Ohio data center project, alongside a direct $1.5 billion investment into SB Energy, the SoftBank-backed developer. Nvidia is also expected to supply the chips powering the facility. Earlier negotiations had reportedly contemplated a much larger guarantee of around $250 billion before it was scaled back over balance-sheet risk concerns. _daily.dev tracks stories like Nvidia's financing deals for engineers following AI infrastructure spending trends._ ### How big is the OpenAI data center being built in Ohio with SB Energy? OpenAI signed a 20-year lease with SoftBank-backed SB Energy for an AI computing campus in southern Ohio expected to eventually reach up to 8 gigawatts of capacity, with an initial 800 megawatts scheduled to come online in 2028. Nvidia is financially backing and supplying chips for the project. _Engineers assessing future compute availability can follow data center capacity news like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Nvidia investing $1.5B in SoftBank data center developer behind OpenAI project](https://daily.dev/posts/nvidia-investing-1-5b-in-softbank-data-center-developer-behind-openai-project-mrlnnokea) · TechCrunch · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Nvidia is not backing OpenAI’s rent. It is backing the buildings](https://daily.dev/posts/nvidia-is-not-backing-openai-s-rent-it-is-backing-the-buildings-sx6nuz8zj) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The billion-dollar infrastructure deals powering the AI boom](https://daily.dev/posts/the-billion-dollar-infrastructure-deals-powering-the-ai-boom-cpol9bj2y) · TechCrunch · 2 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai), [#nvidia](https://daily.dev/tags/nvidia), [#ai-infrastructure](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-infrastructure) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-billion-dollar-deal-reshaping-nvidia-and-openai-s-ai-ambitions-ebvdyugjr) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The Billion-Dollar Deal Reshaping Nvidia and OpenAI’s AI Ambitions","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-billion-dollar-deal-reshaping-nvidia-and-openai-s-ai-ambitions-ebvdyugjr","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-billion-dollar-deal-reshaping-nvidia-and-openai-s-ai-ambitions-ebvdyugjr"},"datePublished":"2026-08-20T20:56:04.424Z","dateModified":"2026-08-20T21:09:12.647Z","description":"Nvidia has committed up to $105 billion in guarantees plus a $1.5 billion direct investment in SB Energy to help finance a massive OpenAI data center campus in...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/119265837ca7918a700a1da74b8314d5?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/119265837ca7918a700a1da74b8314d5?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Medium","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Medium","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/medium","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-billion-dollar-deal-reshaping-nvidia-and-openai-s-ai-ambitions-ebvdyugjr","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"openai,nvidia,ai-infrastructure","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Medium","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The Billion-Dollar Deal Reshaping Nvidia and OpenAI’s AI Ambitions"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-billion-dollar-deal-reshaping-nvidia-and-openai-s-ai-ambitions-ebvdyugjr#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How much is Nvidia guaranteeing for OpenAI's Ohio data center project?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Nvidia has committed to providing up to $105 billion in financial guarantees supporting OpenAI's Ohio data center project, alongside a direct $1.5 billion investment into SB Energy, the SoftBank-backed developer. 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