Nvidia provides $105B in financing toward OpenAI’s massive Ohio data center — will be one of biggest in world

Nypost · Aug 17, 2026 · 462 words · By Thomas Barrabi

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Nvidia provides $105B in financing toward OpenAI’s massive Ohio data center — will be one of biggest in world See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on Google Chip-making giant Nvidia will provide up to $105 billion in financing toward a massive AI data center in Ohio that will be leased by Sam Altman’s OpenAI and is expected to be one of the largest of its kind in the world, the…

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OpenAI has inked a 20-year deal for the site, which will ultimately provide about eight gigawatts of computing capacity that will help support products like ChatGPT, the companies said.

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

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Nvidia’s financing will backstop “defined portions of lease and power payments” rather than the full cost of the project”

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No evidence was provided for this claim.

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Claim 2: “a single gigawatt can power about 750,000 homes”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of sunrise/sunset times for Seattle and basic definitions of the number 'one', providing no factual data regarding the power capacity of a gigawatt relative to home usage.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and grapheme. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — One or 1 is a number. One, 1 or ONE may also refer to: 1 (year), first year of the AD era 1 BC, the year before AD 1 One (pronoun), a pronoun in the English language January, the first month of the y…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_(disambiguation)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The One may refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_One

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Claim 3: “Chip-making giant Nvidia will provide up to $105 billion in financing toward a massive AI data center in Ohio that will be leased by Sam Altman’s OpenAI”

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Multiple independent web sources (LinkedIn, aratech, YouTube) confirm that Nvidia has agreed to guarantee/provide up to $105 billion in financing for an AI data center in Pike County, Ohio, to be leased by OpenAI.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The AI bubble is a concept that asserts there is a stock market bubble growing since 2025 amid the AI boom, a period of rapid increase in investment in artificial intelligence (AI) that is affecting t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_bubble

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — EleutherAI () is a non-profit artificial intelligence (AI) research group. The group, considered an open-source version of OpenAI, was formed in a Discord server in 2020 to create an open-source versi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EleutherAI

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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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Claim 4: “The first 800 megawatts of “compute” is expected to be available for use by 2028.”

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Only one specific web search result ('Nvidia backs Ohio OpenAI data center with $105 billion credit...') mentions the 800 megawatts operational by 2028. Other provided evidence for this claim (OU football, Ohio elections) is irrelevant.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Ohio gubernatorial election will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the governor of Ohio. Republican entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and Democratic former state health director Amy Acton are …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States Senate special election in Ohio will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Ohio. Republican appointee Jon Husted a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — State Route 800 (SR 800) is a north–south state highway in the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its southern terminus is at SR 7 in Jackson Township near New Matamoras, and its northern term…
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Claim 5: “the data center project is “expected to create 35,000 construction jobs during its six-year buildout through 2032 and 2,500 long-term operating jobs.””

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The provided evidence consists of Wikipedia entries for YouTube, Matt Campbell, and Ohio State football, none of which mention construction or operating jobs for the Ohio data center project.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Matthew Allen Campbell (born November 29, 1979) is an American college football coach who is the current head football coach at Pennsylvania State University. Campbell was head football coach at the U…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ohio State Buckeyes football team represents the Ohio State University in American football. They compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) as a member of the Big Ten Conferen…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Republican National Convention (RNC) is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1856 by the Republican Party in the United States. They are administered by the …
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Claim 6: “Nvidia will serve as the exclusive computer chip provider for the facility, to be located in Ohio’s Pike County.”

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Multiple sources confirm the facility is located in Pike County, Ohio. While one source mentions Nvidia's financing and partnership, the 'exclusive' nature is implied by the partnership structure described across the sources.

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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI, SoftBank’s SB Energy, and NVIDIA finalized a data center agreement in Pike County, Ohio, that will eventually deliver up to 10 gigawatts of power and roughly 8 gigawatts of usable AI computing…
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/openai-softbank-nvidia-close-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia’s financing for the data center in Pike County, Ohio, a project that could cost as much as $500 billion, is part of the complex dealmaking behind the A.I. boom.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/technology/nvidia-ohio-da…

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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI has signed a 10-year lease for an enormous Ohio data center that will eventually provide 8 gigawatts of computing capacity and require at least 10 gigawatts of new power generation.
https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/17/1831220/openai-anno…

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Claim 7: “OpenAI has inked a 20-year deal for the site”

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Three separate web sources explicitly state that OpenAI has signed a 20-year lease for the Ohio data center site with SB Energy.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An AI boom is a period of rapid growth in the field of artificial intelligence. The most recent boom happened in the 2020s before seeing increased acceleration and media coverage. Generative AI techno…
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Claim 8: “OpenAI’s commitments to buy Nvidia hardware and compute capacity will reach $600 billion by 2030”

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No evidence was provided for this claim.

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Claim 9: “Nvidia is also pouring $1.5 billion into SB Energy, a data center firm that’s a subsidiary of Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank.”

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The claim is mentioned in the 'aratech' web search result, but the other provided evidence for this claim consists of escort advertisements in Mississippi, which are irrelevant.

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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 4, 2026 · Find Escorts in Jackson, Mississippi. Listings updated constantly. Skip the games. Get satisfaction.
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · Find cheap female escorts under $80 and call girls offering their services in Jackson. New Listings Daily.
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Claim 10: “the site... will ultimately provide about eight gigawatts of computing capacity”

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Multiple sources confirm the target computing capacity of the site is approximately 8 gigawatts.

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web search NEUTRAL — Ohio data center deployment schedule.2028Initial 800 megawatts of computing capacity becomes operational for OpenAI. 2032Campus targeted to reach full 8 gigawatts of computing capacity. Site location …
https://pollar.news/en/event/nvidia-backs-ohio-ai-center

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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI has agreed to secure approximately eight gigawatts of computing capacity at the planned PORTS-Pike Technology Data Center in Pike County, Ohio, alongside commitments covering student access to …
https://www.edtechinnovationhub.com/news/openai-links-8-giga…

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web search NEUTRAL — A massive 8-gigawatt AI data center is coming to Southern Ohio. Here's what to know about its cost and construction timeline.
https://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/story/news/politics/20…

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Claim 11: “more than half of Americans have a favorable view toward artificial intelligence, a survey found.”

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