OpenAI leases 10-gigawatt AI data center campus from SoftBank’s SB Energy
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 energy infrastructure. SB […] The post OpenAI leases 10-gigawatt AI data center campus from…
OpenAI has signed a 20-year lease for a data center campus in Ohio, built on the site of a former uranium processing plant. The construction, led by SB Energy, a SoftBank Group Corp. subsidiary, will result in a 10-gigawatt energy infrastructure system. SB Energy plans to build a $33 billion power plant and connect it with $4.2 billion worth of power transmission lines.
Nvidia, a leading graphics card manufacturer, is investing $1.5 billion in SB Energy to support the project. The company's CEO, Jensen Huang, stated that the campus will provide OpenAI with long-lived infrastructure for its AI-powered data centers, allowing for upgrades and enhanced intelligence. OpenAI's campus will utilize closed-loop, air-cooled cooling systems, reducing water usage and eliminating the need for refills.
The water used in the coolant loop is typically mixed with propylene glycol to prevent freezing and corrosion. Once constructed, the data center campus, expected to be operational by 2028, will host hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Nvidia chips and create approximately 37,500 jobs.
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