NVIDIA Locks in Initial 4.25 IT-GW at Ohio AI Campus Backed by SB Energy

NVIDIA has partnered with SB Energy to reserve land, power and shell capacity at the PORTS-Pike Technology Campus in Pike County, Ohio, making the site the exclusive location for NVIDIA AI compute infrastructure. OpenAI will act as the end customer for the entire 8 IT-GW development, which SB Energy will construct, own and run under a 20-year lease.

NVIDIA commits $1.5B investment and credit support. The company will extend credit support for the land, power and shell buildout to lock in an initial 4.25 IT-GW of AI factory capacity, reportedly with an option to claim the remaining 3.75 IT-GW. NVIDIA will also invest $1.5 billion in SB Energy immediately to back the firm’s expansion and its pledges to the Ohio community.

The initiative is projected to generate tens of thousands of Ohio jobs, cover its own power infrastructure costs and direct hundreds of millions of dollars into the local area, beginning with an $80 million community benefits fund.

OpenAI to utilize full-stack NVIDIA DSX platform. The AI factory at the site will run on NVIDIA’s complete DSX AI factory platform, encompassing GPUs, CPUs and networking gear. This architecture supplies resiliency throughout facilities, hardware and software layers, cutting infrastructure overhead while speeding time to tokens.

The first phase targets 4.25 IT-GW, and NVIDIA holds the option to expand beyond that level at PORTS-Pike.

Executives highlight infrastructure demands and community impact. “AI is becoming infrastructure the foundation for intelligence in every industry and land, power and shell have become vital in the age of AI,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, on August 17, 2026. “We are securing long-lived infrastructure for NVIDIA compute so OpenAI can deploy the most productive AI factories that can be upgraded repeatedly with each new generation delivering more intelligence and better economics.”

Rich Hossfeld, co-CEO of SB Energy, said that partnering with SoftBank Group, OpenAI and NVIDIA allows the firm to construct power-first infrastructure at unprecedented scale while protecting ratepayers, generating tens of thousands of well-paying jobs and channeling investment to revitalize Southern Ohio. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, called the location a major facility capable of powering AI applications that could discover new medicines, launch businesses and tackle complex challenges, while delivering employment and business opportunities to Pike County residents. Masayoshi Son, Chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group Corp., noted that the coming era of intelligence demands infrastructure assembled at unmatched speed and scale, with the partners working to realize AGI’s potential.

Campus reindustrializes Southern Ohio. SB Energy’s PORTS-Pike Technology Campus aims to reindustrialize a region long central to American manufacturing. The project is expected to support tomorrow’s breakthroughs in scientific research, medical progress and local economic growth amid surging AI demand.