Nvidia investing $1.5B in SoftBank data center developer behind OpenAI project

Nvidia invests $1.5 billion in SB Energy, becoming the sole compute infrastructure supplier for OpenAI's Ports-Pike data center.

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The investment ensures that Nvidia will be the sole supplier of compute infrastructure at OpenAI’s Ports-Pike data center near Cincinnati, Ohio.

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17 Aug 2026 15:16 UTC