Nvidia is exploring a potential three billion dollar investment in SB Energy, a subsidiary of SoftBank tasked with building a massive data center campus in Ohio for OpenAI. According to a report from The Information, this move comes as part of broader negotiations involving approximately 100 billion dollars in credit support intended to fuel the ambitious infrastructure project. This strategic alignment highlights the growing interdependence between chip designers, energy providers, and AI developers as they race to build the physical capacity required for next generation artificial intelligence.
Under the proposed terms, Nvidia would split its investment into two phases, contributing half upon the signing of the Ohio project deal and the remainder during SB Energy’s anticipated initial public offering. That IPO could happen as early as next month, with expectations that it will raise at least five billion dollars. While neither Nvidia nor SB Energy have officially commented on these reports, the timeline suggests an urgent push to secure funding before the company goes public.
The scale of these ambitions remains fluid, however, as recent reporting indicates some adjustments to the financial guarantees involved. While earlier discussions may have pointed toward figures as high as 250 billion dollars, more recent estimates suggest Nvidia might initially guarantee closer to 120 billion dollars for the OpenAI venture. Despite these shifts in numbers, the overarching goal remains clear: creating enough power and computing space to handle the skyrocketing demands of AI workloads.
Founded in 2019 and already backed by OpenAI, SB Energy specializes in large scale power and data center infrastructure. By partnering with both a dominant hardware provider like Nvidia and a leading software pioneer like OpenAI, SoftBank is positioning itself at the very foundation of the AI revolution. If finalized, this multi billion dollar arrangement would represent one of the most significant industrial bets on the future of digital intelligence ever attempted in a single region.