# Nvidia weighs $250 billion guarantee so OpenAI can lease SoftBank's 10-gigawatt Ohio campus, report claims — Nvidia also said to be discussing $350 billion deal to finance chips for the site

> OpenAI is in advanced talks to lease SB Energy's 10 GW data center campus in Piketon, Ohio, with Nvidia in discussions to guarantee roughly $250 billion of the financing behind it, the Wall Street Journal reported on…

- **Source:** [Tom's Hardware](https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/nvidia-weighs-250-billion-guarantee-so-openai-can-lease-softbanks-10-gigawatt-ohio-campus?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a6776897a8b5936435f02ea)
- **Published:** 2026-07-27
- **Category:** AI & Bots
- **Tags:** #google #microsoft #nvidia #openai #anthropic
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