OpenAI discusses 20-year lease for 10-gigawatt Ohio data center with Nvidia support
The proposed Pike County campus on former federal land would be OpenAI’s biggest infrastructure commitment yet, with Nvidia linked to credit, funding, and a broader partnership that could reach up to $100 billion as capacity comes online.
OpenAI is in talks on a 20-year lease for a proposed 10-gigawatt data center campus in Pike County, Ohio, in what would be its largest infrastructure commitment to date if finalized. Reporting has described Nvidia as discussing credit support for the project, while other coverage has characterized Nvidia funding as tied to the proposal; separately, Nvidia and OpenAI previously signed a letter of intent covering at least 10 gigawatts of Nvidia systems, with Nvidia committing up to $100 billion in OpenAI as capacity comes online. The proposed site on the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant would exceed the roughly 7 gigawatts planned across OpenAI’s current seven-site Stargate network, but the Ohio plan still depends on power, permitting, financing, and final lease terms.
- Stargate: OpenAI-led AI infrastructure program for large-scale data center buildout.
- compute: Processing power used to train and run AI models.
- letter of intent: Preliminary agreement outlining planned deal terms before a final contract.