OpenAI to lease massive new AI data centre in US, backed by Nvidia

SAN FRANCISCO – ChatGPT-maker OpenAI will lease a massive new data centre in the United States for 20 years, backed by a US$105 billion (S$134.13 billion) financing commitment from Nvidia, according to a regulatory filing published on Aug 17.The project will be built on the site of a former Cold War-era uranium enrichment plant in Ohio and could eventually grow to have 8GW of capacity, making it the largest single data centre for artificial intelligence (AI).The data centre will also run “exclusively” on Nvidia chips.SoftBank and the data centre’s owner, a subsidiary called SB Energy, will invest more than US$4 billion into local energy infrastructure and “build at least 10 GW of new energy generation” to power the data center. OpenAI will commit US$40 million to “support local priorities”