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Nvidia may provide OpenAI with $250 billion financial guarantee to access AI capacity in the US



07/28/2026 - 03:04



The Wall Street Journal reports, referring to sources, that Nvidia Corp. is in talks to offer a financial guarantee to OpenAI to assist the AI firm in utilizing SoftBank Group's US data center computing resources.



EdTech Stanford University School of Medicine via flickr
EdTech Stanford University School of Medicine via flickr
SoftBank's initiative in Ohio includes constructing a 10 GW data facility. The total expense, factoring in chip costs, is anticipated to surpass $500 billion. The initial stage of the project is set to finish in 2028.

Sources indicate that Nvidia could offer the ChatGPT developer a financial backing of as much as $250 billion.

According to the newspaper, Nvidia's assurance will enable SoftBank to secure financing for data center development under better conditions than it could have achieved without the backing of OpenAI.

The SoftBank initiative was established through the Washington-Tokyo trade agreement, and Treasury Secretary Howard Lutnick is participating in determining the supplier for the enormous data center's power.

Sources indicate that OpenAI has been negotiating with SoftBank for a number of weeks to rent the capacity of the proposed data center. Additional competitors consist of Anthropic, Microsoft Corporation, and Google (a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.).

AI firms are keen to obtain the chips and energy required to run their models. Consequently, megaprojects with government backing or assured power supply are especially appealing.

source: wsj.com