NVIDIA backs Ohio AI factory site for OpenAI

NVIDIA is partnering with SB Energy to secure land, power and shell capacity at the PORTS-Pike Technology Campus in Portsmouth, Ohio, for an AI factory that will host NVIDIA compute. OpenAI will be the tenant and will build and operate the facility using NVIDIA’s full-stack DSX AI factory platform, including GPUs, CPUs, networking and infrastructure software.

The initial deployment is expected to provide 4.25 gigawatts of AI factory capacity. NVIDIA says each generation of systems deployed at the site could represent approximately 1.5 million NVIDIA GPUs, and the site can support multiple upgrade cycles over 20 years. NVIDIA may also extend the arrangement beyond the initial 4.25 gigawatts to secure the remaining capacity of 3.75 gigawatts.

NVIDIA describes land, power and shell capacity as a growing bottleneck for frontier AI labs, which can face compute demand that outpaces their financing capacity. Its support at PORTS-Pike covers defined portions of lease and power payments and a specified residual-value commitment, rather than the full cost of the site or all tenant obligations. The guarantee becomes effective in phases as data centers enter service between 2028 and 2030, with OpenAI responsible for lease payments.