Markets· August 17, 2026 at 12:48 p.m.
OpenAI Secures Lease for Massive Data Center in Ohio, Backed by Nvidia
Key takeaways
- OpenAI secures lease for a large data center in Ohio
- Nvidia to back the facility with an investment of around $30 million
- The data center is expected to create hundreds of jobs
OpenAI, the artificial intelligence research laboratory founded by Elon Musk and others, has secured a lease for a large data center in New Albany, Ohio. The facility will be backed by Nvidia, a leading manufacturer of graphics processing units (GPUs) that are essential for AI training. The data center is expected to support OpenAI's growing demand for computational resources as it continues to develop and refine its AI models.
