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The Projection

The surface is never the system.

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Nvidia (capital (strategic/VC investment facet — distinct from nvidia/chip-design, which sells)) → OpenAI (capital (treasury/financing facet))

$105.0B (ceiling) — Guarantee obligations "capped at a total of $105 billion," becoming effective in phases as the leased data centers reach service readiness (first phase expected fiscal 2029); Nvidia also holds an option to extend credit support to roughly 3.8 additional GW as the site scales toward 8GW total

low confidence · as of 2026-08-17 · about OpenAI

$105.0B (ceiling) — Guarantee obligations "capped at a total of $105 billion," becoming effective in phases as the leased data centers reach service readiness (first phase expected fiscal 2029); Nvidia also holds an option to extend credit support to roughly 3.8 additional GW as the site scales toward 8GW total

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  • Nvidia Form 8-K, Q2 FY2027 CFO commentary (SEC filing, direct fetch) In August 2026, we entered into guarantees to provide credit support on the land, power, and shell buildout to secure approximately 4.25 gigawatts (GW) at SB Energy's PORTS-Pike Technology Campus in Ohio, which will exclusively host NVIDIA infrastructure under 20-year leases to OpenAI... Our guarantee obligations are capped at a total of $105 billion

    2026-08-17 low


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$105.0B (ceiling) — Guarantee obligations "capped at a total of $105 billion," becoming effective in phases as the leased data centers reach service readiness (first phase expected fiscal 2029); Nvidia also holds an option to extend credit support to roughly 3.8 additional GW as the site scales toward 8GW total

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