{"id":41786,"date":"2026-08-18T07:11:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T07:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=41786"},"modified":"2026-08-18T07:11:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T07:11:40","slug":"openai-to-lease-massive-new-ai-data-centre-in-u-s-backed-by-nvidia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=41786","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI to lease massive new AI data centre in U.S., backed by Nvidia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Account subscription benefits alongside Premium Stories, Editorials,<br \/>\n              Opinions and more. Unlock these with Subscription<\/p>\n<p>The View From India<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLooking at World Affairs from the Indian perspective.<\/p>\n<p>First Day First Show<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNews and reviews from the world of cinema and streaming.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#039;s Cache<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYour download of the top 5 technology stories of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Science For All<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe weekly newsletter from science writers takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in!<\/p>\n<p>Data Point<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDecoding the headlines with facts, figures, and numbers<\/p>\n<p>THEdge<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAt the cutting edge of education and careers<\/p>\n<p>Health Matters<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRamya Kannan writes to you on getting to good health, and staying there<\/p>\n<p>Gender Agenda<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStories from beyond the binary.<\/p>\n<p>The Hindu On Books<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBooks of the week, reviews, excerpts, new titles and features.<\/p>\n<p>The data centre will also run \u201cexclusively\u201d on Nvidia chips [File]<br \/>\n                                          | Photo Credit: REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>ChatGPT-maker OpenAI will lease a massive new data centre in the United States for 20 years, backed by a $105 billion financing commitment from Nvidia, according to a regulatory filing published Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The project will be built on the site of a former Cold War-era uranium enrichment plant in Ohio and could eventually grow to have 8 gigawatts of capacity, making it the largest single data centre for artificial intelligence (AI).<\/p>\n<p>The data centre will also run &quot;exclusively&quot; on Nvidia chips.<\/p>\n<p>SoftBank and the data centre&#039;s owner, a subsidiary called SB Energy, will invest more than $4 billion into local energy infrastructure and &quot;build at least 10 GW of new energy generation&quot; to power the data centre. OpenAI will commit $40 million to &quot;support local priorities.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href='https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/technology\/openai-to-lease-massive-new-ai-data-centre-in-us-backed-by-nvidia\/article71358808.ece' target='_blank'>Read the original article on www.thehindu.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Account subscription benefits alongside Premium Stories, Editorials, Opinions and more. Unlock these with Subscription The View From India Looking at World Affairs from the Indian perspective. First Day First Show News and reviews from the world of cinema and streaming. Today&#039;s Cache Your download of the top 5 technology stories of the day. Science For [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,36],"tags":[26,29,33],"class_list":["post-41786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-news","category-share-suggestions","tag-impact-nvda","tag-signal-avoid","tag-stage-stage-4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}