Nvidia in talks to invest billions in SB Energy, backing OpenAI's 10GW data center with $100B guarantee

ziv_ravid · x · 2026-08-16

Nvidia is in talks to invest billions in SB Energy, an AI data center developer central to OpenAI's proposed 10GW site. Nvidia plans to backstop the project with a $100B guarantee. Commentators see this as a huge bet by Nvidia.

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