# Nvidia to Back First Phase of OpenAI Project With Up to $105 Billion

https://mins.news/en/item/24489

- Bloomberg News, 2026-08-17 19:30 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-17/nvidia-to-invest-up-to-105-billion-for-openai-data-center-in-ohio?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a83613faa1ab60001e2e683

> Nvidia has agreed to spend as much as $105 billion on a massive new data-center campus in Ohio that OpenAI is set to lease. The deal is the latest tie-up between two dominant forces behind the artificial-intelligence boom.

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