Nvidia plans $250bn push to bolster OpenAI’s infrastructure ambitions

Semiconductor giant Nvidia is reportedly undergoing talks with OpenAI to provide funding guarantees for a data centre in Ohio.The $250bn deal, which was first reported by The Wall Street Journal, would help the ChatGPT owner lease a 10-gigawatt project that SB Energy, a subsidiary of SoftBank, is building in Piketon, Ohio, 68 miles (109km) south of Columbus, Ohio.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Paramount agrees to pause Warner Bros deal while court case plays outlist 2 of 4Tunisia grapples with five years of crisis since Saied’s power grablist 3 of 4Cuban president accuses US of genocide, seeking takeoverlist 4 of 4What lies ahead for Iran’s economy as scope of US war grows beyond Hormuz?end of listThe project could cost more than $500bn, including chips that would go inside the data centre, and is expected to deliver as much as 800 megawatts of electricity by 2028, which is enough to power 640,000 homes.The power supply will come from a separate $33bn US government deal with Japan for a natural gas plant.The $250bn guarantee covers the lease for the centre but does not cover the chips within the centre, which are worth another $350bn. However, Jensen Huang-led Nvidia...