ChatGPT developer OpenAI is teaming up with SB Energy and chipmaker Nvidia on plans for a southern Ohio data center that would be among the largest such projects announced to date, as companies boost investment to support soaring demand for artificial intelligence services.
OpenAI, SB Energy, Nvidia team up on one of largest planned data center projects
ChatGPT maker signs with SoftBank subsidiary to lease a massive Ohio campus
By Lou Hirsh
CoStar NewsAugust 17, 2026 | 7:43 P.M.
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