OpenAI in Talks to Lease 10 Gigawatt Ohio Data Center with Backing From Nvidia

<p><a href="https://www.theinformation.com/org-charts/openai">OpenAI</a> is in advanced negotiations to lease a proposed 10 gigawatt data center campus on federal land in Ohio as part of a deal that could include financial backing from <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/org-charts/nvidia">Nvidia</a>, according to two people with direct knowledge of the discussions.</p> <p>The campus under discussion would be among the biggest of its kind, with a total cost of at least $500 billion if fully built out based on today’s prices for chips, labor, power and other materials, the people said. OpenAI would control the equipment in the facility under a long-term lease and would be on the hook for payments once the project starts operations, with the first phase expected in 2028.</p>