Nvidia considers $250 billion support for OpenAI project

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Nvidia may guarantee up to $250 billion for OpenAI.
The Ohio project is valued at about $500 billion.
The proposed facility would provide 10 gigawatts of capacity.
The talks remain preliminary and may not produce an agreement.

According to Bloomberg, Nvidia may guarantee as much as $250 billion of OpenAI obligations tied to the proposed 10-gigawatt facility, which SoftBank is overseeing through its SB Energy subsidiary. Negotiations remain at an early stage and could collapse or proceed under substantially different terms.

Financing a vast computing buildout

The proposed Ohio complex would rank among the largest data center developments in the world and is expected to begin providing capacity in 2028. A guarantee from Nvidia could lower financing costs for SoftBank and make it easier for OpenAI to commit to a long-term lease covering power, buildings, and computing equipment.

The arrangement would deepen an already close relationship between Nvidia and OpenAI. The companies previously announced plans to deploy at least 10 gigawatts of Nvidia systems, with Nvidia intending to invest as much as $100 billion as capacity is installed.

OpenAI and SoftBank are also leading partners in Stargate, an infrastructure initiative designed to support as much as $500 billion of U.S. investment and 10 gigawatts of data center capacity. SoftBank carries primary financial responsibility, while OpenAI oversees operations.

Circular financing draws scrutiny

The potential guarantee may intensify concerns about circular financing in the AI industry. Nvidia would be supporting a customer that is expected to use the funding to lease facilities filled largely with Nvidia chips, effectively helping finance demand for its own products.

Supporters argue that such commitments remove funding bottlenecks and accelerate construction at a time when advanced computing capacity remains constrained. Critics say the structure could obscure underlying demand and encourage companies to build more data center capacity than future AI services can profitably use.

The debate has become more urgent as Meta, Alphabet, and other technology groups increase borrowing and capital spending to fund servers, power systems, and new computing campuses.

A test of AI infrastructure economics

A completed deal would provide an important vote of confidence in long-term demand for AI computing. It would also place substantial financial exposure on Nvidia if OpenAI were unable to meet its lease obligations.

The proposed scale underscores how AI development is reshaping capital markets: projects once financed mainly by utilities and real estate investors now depend on chipmakers, cloud providers, and model developers sharing risk. Whether those investments produce sustainable returns will determine if the current expansion becomes durable infrastructure or costly excess capacity.

As we previously reported, Nvidia deepens its Japan push as robotics becomes the next AI frontier.

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