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Nvidia’s role in OpenAI’s Ohio PORTS-Pike project points to a broader strategic shift: securing AI demand may increasingly require financing the infrastructure around the chips, not simply selling the chips themselves. The planned site carries roughly 8GW of IT capacity, a 20-year OpenAI lease, $1.5B from Nvidia, and reported first-phase credit support of up to $105B covering leases, power and residual value. The re-leasing option may reduce some renewal risk, but it does not remove the complexity of long-duration capacity commitments. My read: this structure could deepen Nvidia’s ecosystem advantage while making capital allocation and counterparty exposure more important to its investment case. Not advice, just analysis. #NvidiaBacksOpenAIOhio