OpenAI → SB Energy: amount not disclosed cloud & services
OpenAI leases 8 GW Ohio campus for 20 years. SB Energy builds, owns and operates the PORTS-Pike campus with 4.25 GW initially (8 GW with option) on Nvidia compute only, under a 20-year lease to OpenAI.
- Date
- Aug 17, 2026
- Paid by
OpenAI- Received by
- SB Energy
- Type
- Cloud & services
- Amount
- amount not disclosed
- Status
- announced
- Note
- 20-year lease, 4.25 GW + 3.75 GW option
Sources
Press coverage
- Aug 31, 2026 Economic Times OpenAI secures $5.5 billion in SB Energy warrants for data center expansion
- Sep 2, 2026 Mint Softbank's SB Energy heads for IPO after Nvidia backs $105 billion OpenAI data-centre project
All deals between OpenAI and SB Energy
- Aug 17, 2026 OpenAI → SB Energy · OpenAI leases 8 GW Ohio campus for 20 years n/a
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- Jun 5, 2026 OpenAI proposes 5% stake to US government n/a
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- Apr 27, 2026 Microsoft-OpenAI: amended deal ends exclusivity n/a
- Mar 24, 2026 Microsoft joins $122 billion round n/a
- Mar 19, 2026 Samsung sole HBM4 supplier for OpenAI chip n/a
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