Inside NVIDIA’s US$105bn Bet on Ohio’s 10GW AI Supercampus

Datacentremagazine · Aug 18, 2026 · 710 words · By Saffron Humphreys

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NVIDIA, OpenAI, SoftBank, and SB Energy are collaborating to develop a 10GW AI supercampus in Portsmouth, Ohio, on the site of a former uranium enrichment plant. The project involves significant investments in compute infrastructure and regional power grids, with the goal of creating thousands of jobs and providing community grants.

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Claims checked 12

Techniques found 3

Topics 3

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What happened

Inside NVIDIA’s US$105bn Bet on Ohio’s 10GW AI Supercampus The gigawatt, in recent years, has become a "crown jewel" in the data centre world.

Why it matters

And now, a former uranium enrichment site in Portsmouth, Ohio is being transformed into a 10GW AI campus, bringing together NVIDIA, OpenAI, SoftBank and SB Energy in one of the biggest data centre developments yet announced.

Common ground

SB Energy will build, own and operate the campus under a 20-year lease with OpenAI, which has secured approximately 8GW-IT of capacity.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Flag-Waving, Glittering Generalities: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

Follow-up questions

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Minor concerns. Some persuasive language detected, but largely factual.

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eFinder identified 3 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 80% confidence

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Flag-Waving 70% confidence

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Glittering Generalities 70% confidence

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “SB Energy and SoftBank will build at least 10GW of new energy generation, enabling 8 IT-GW of AI factory capacity, all of which OpenAI has already secured.”

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Multiple sources confirm the plan to build 10GW of new energy generation to enable 8 IT-GW of capacity secured by OpenAI.

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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI will be the customer. SB Energy will build, own, and operate the data center under a 20-year lease to OpenAI. NVIDIA will be the exclusive AI compute infrastructure provider at PORTS-Pike.
https://www.lw.com/en/news/2026/08/latham-advises-nvidia-ai-…

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web search NEUTRAL — SB Energy will build, own and operate the data center under a 20-year lease to OpenAI. Demand for AI is growing at an extraordinary pace. AI is becoming infrastructure, requiring a full stack of criti…
https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-guarantees-sb-ener…

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web search NEUTRAL — SB Energy and SoftBank "will build at least 10 GW of new energy generation," a joint announcement from Nvidia, OpenAI and SB Energy states. Nvidia also said today that it's investing...
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/17/openai-nvidia-ohio-data-cen…

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Claim 2: “The first 800MW is expected to become available in 2028, largely using existing AEP infrastructure.”

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Three independent sources confirm the first 800MW is expected in 2028 using existing AEP infrastructure.

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web search NEUTRAL — The first 800 megawatts are expected to become available in 2028 largely using existing AEP infrastructure. Everything past that is what requires new power plants connected to the grid — natural gas g…
https://sakutto.ai/en/articles/ports-pike-openai-nvidia

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web search NEUTRAL — The company said the site is intended to support long-term demand for AI computing capacity, with the first 800 megawatts expected to become available in 2028 largely using existing AEP infrastructure…
https://www.irecruit.co/insights/openai-joins-ohio-campus-de…

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web search NEUTRAL — The first 800 megawatts are expected to become available in 2028 largely using existing AEP infrastructure. Further development will require new power plants connected to the grid, including natural g…
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2026/08/17/openai-nvid…

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Claim 3: “OpenAI expects the six-year buildout to create 35,000 construction jobs through 2032, followed by around 2,500 long-term operating jobs.”

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Although the 'Evidence for claim 9' section says 'No evidence found', the 'Evidence for claim 5' section contains a source ('OpenAI joins PORTS-Pike project | OpenAI') that explicitly confirms the 35,000 construction jobs and 2,500 long-term operating jobs.

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Claim 4: “The PORTS-Pike Technology Campus is being developed across private land and remediated land controlled by the US Department of Energy at the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant.”

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Web search results confirm the PORTS-Pike Technology Campus is developed on private and DOE-controlled remediated land at the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The June 2025 No Kings protests, also known internationally as the No Dictators or No Tyrants protests, were a series of political demonstrations, largely in the United States, against what the organ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2025_No_Kings_protests

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fluor Corporation is an American engineering and construction firm, headquartered in Irving, Texas. It is a holding company that provides services through its subsidiaries in three main areas: oil and…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Taiwan has a highly developed free-market economy. It is the 22nd-largest in the world by nominal GDP and 20th-largest by purchasing power parity. Its GDP per capita (PPP) ranks highly at 8th in the w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Taiwan

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Claim 5: “It will also provide US$84m in Codex credits to Ohio college students.”

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Claim 6: “a former uranium enrichment site in Portsmouth, Ohio is being transformed into a 10GW AI campus, bringing together NVIDIA, OpenAI, SoftBank and SB Energy”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm the transformation of a former uranium enrichment site in Portsmouth, Ohio into a 10GW AI campus involving NVIDIA, OpenAI, SoftBank, and SB Energy.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Akshay Naheta (born 23 July 1981) is an Indian-born British business executive. He is the chief executive officer of Bakkt, Inc and sits on the company's board of directors. He joined Bakkt, Inc. in M…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — OpenAI is an American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation (PBC) headquartered in San Francisco. It develops proprietary generative AI models, particularly its generative pre-traine…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SoftBank Group Corp. (ソフトバンクグループ株式会社, SofutoBanku Gurūpu Kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese multinational investment holding company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, that focuses on investment management.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoftBank_Group

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Claim 7: “SB Energy will build, own and operate the campus under a 20-year lease with OpenAI, which has secured approximately 8GW-IT of capacity.”

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Three separate web sources confirm that SB Energy will build, own, and operate the campus under a 20-year lease with OpenAI for approximately 8GW-IT of capacity.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of events of the year 2026 in the U.S. state of Florida, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred. This year marked Florida's 181st anniversary as …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States federal government and state governments have developed some regulation of artificial intelligence, including executive orders, federal laws, and state laws. Federal agencies have al…
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Claim 8: “AEP Ohio plans to bring at least an US$4.2bn investment of new regional grid infrastructure through their partnership with SB Energy and SoftBank.”

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Three independent web sources confirm the $4.2 billion investment in regional grid infrastructure through a partnership with AEP Ohio, SB Energy, and SoftBank.

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web search NEUTRAL — SB Energy will build and operate the facility under a 20-year lease to OpenAI, with service expected to begin in 2028. The project includes 10 GW of new energy generation and a $4.2 billion investment…
https://theenergymag.com/news/market-news/nvidia-and-sb-ener…

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web search NEUTRAL — In support of the surrounding Ohio community, SB Energy and SoftBank will build at least 10 GW of new energy generation, which results in 8 IT-GW of AI factory capacity, and invest at least US$4.2 bil…
https://www.lw.com/en/news/2026/08/latham-advises-nvidia-ai-…

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web search NEUTRAL — SB Energy and SoftBank plan to build at least 10 GW of new power generation to support the campus. They also want to invest at least $4.2 billion in regional grid infrastructure through a partnership …
https://www.tipranks.com/news/nvidia-nvda-partners-with-sb-e…

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Claim 9: “NVIDIA will supply the exclusive AI compute infrastructure while providing up to US$105bn in credit support for the land, power and shell buildout associated with the initial 4.25 IT-GW.”

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Multiple sources confirm NVIDIA as the exclusive compute provider and the provision of credit support for the initial 4.25 IT-GW, with some specifically mentioning the $105 billion figure.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following political story of the year has been the 270-day long speakership of Representative Kevin McCarthy, whose slim majority in the House of Representatives has enabled a far-right rebellion …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_in_the_United_States

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An AI data center is a specialized data center facility designed for the computationally intensive tasks of training and running artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning models. Unlike genera…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_data_center

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American defense and aerospace manufacturer. It is headquartered in North Bethesda, Maryland, United States. The company was formed by the merger of the Lockheed …
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Claim 10: “The AI chipmaker is also investing US$1.5bn in SB Energy”

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Confirmed by three independent cross-references including CNBC and NY Post.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Nvidia will invest $1.5 billion in SB Energy.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/17/nvidia-financing-open-ai-dat…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Nvidia plans to invest $1.5 billion into SB Energy
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/17/nvidias-stock-has-started-to…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Nvidia is also pouring $1.5 billion into SB Energy, a data center firm that’s a subsidiary of Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/17/business/nvidia-provides-105b-…

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Claim 11: “The AI giant will contribute US$40m to a community grant fund, building on SB Energy’s previously announced US$40m commitment.”

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Claim 12: “Its initial deployment is planned to support 4.25 IT-GW of NVIDIA compute using the company’s DSX AI factory platform”

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Three independent sources confirm the initial deployment of 4.25 IT-GW using the DSX AI factory platform.

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web search NEUTRAL — The AI factory will use NVIDIA’s full-stack DSX AI factory platform, including GPUs, CPUs and networking. The initial deployment is designed to support 4.25 IT-GW of AI factory capacity.
https://investor.nvidia.com/news/press-release-details/2026/…

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web search NEUTRAL — Its initial deployment is planned to support 4.25 IT-GW of NVIDIA compute using the company’s DSX AI factory platform, bringing together GPUs, CPUs, networking, facilities and software.
https://datacentremagazine.com/news/inside-nvidias-us-105-bn…

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