SoftBank Planning Giant Ohio AI Data Center Powered by Gas (2)

SoftBank Group Corp. is working to build a massive AI data center on federally owned land in Ohio that it’s planning to power with roughly $33 billion worth of natural gas-fired electricity to be installed by the end of the decade.

SoftBank is seeking to build the AI computing complex, capable of drawing 10 gigawatts of power, at a former uranium enrichment complex owned by the US Energy Department, according to a statement issued Friday. For context, a single gigawatt of capacity can power roughly 750,000 homes at any given moment. The company expects the first phase of the data ...