Nvidia Backs OpenAI’s Ohio Data Center Buildout With $105B Guarantee
The chipmaker is tying its financial support to long-lived infrastructure and the residual value of the hardware that will run on it.
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Nvidia is providing up to $105 billion in residual-value guarantees for a chipmaker's planned data center campus in Ohio, meaning Nvidia will cover shortfalls if the facility's leftover value falls below guaranteed minimums if certain default events occur. This arrangement goes beyond Nvidia's typical role of supplying processors, instead treating the hardware as an asset class with lasting value after initial deployment, similar to how vehicle financing works. The guarantee supports an initial 4.25 GW of IT capacity with potential expansion to 8 GW, with SB Energy building and operating the campus under a 20-year lease. This structure allows Nvidia to create financing capacity for AI infrastructure buildout by recognizing that processors retain value beyond their first three years of use.
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