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Applied AI·August 17, 2026·1 min read

OpenAI signs a 20-year, 10GW data center deal in Ohio with SoftBank's SB Energy; Nvidia agrees to backstop a portion of the value of the completed data center

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A 20-year, 10 GW data center commitment in Ohio — with Nvidia backstopping part of the value — turns AI compute into long-dated energy infrastructure, not just cloud spend. If you’re building on frontier models, your real dependency is now regional power and transmission; start mapping where your workloads sit relative to these emerging hubs.