OpenAI is in negotiations to lease a 10-gigawatt data center facility from SB Energy in Ohio, according to Data Center Dynamics. If finalized, the deal would represent one of the largest single data center leasing arrangements ever recorded. The scale of the proposed facility reflects the accelerating infrastructure demands of large AI model training and deployment.
A 10GW lease would dwarf virtually all existing data center campuses and set a new benchmark for AI infrastructure scale. The deal signals that AI compute demand is now driving facility planning at a level that strains conventional power and construction frameworks.
Named company OpenAI, named developer SB Energy, and the 10GW figure, an extraordinary scale for a single lease, triggered selection. This story ranked above others due to its unprecedented stated capacity figure and direct connection to AI compute buildout.