The Wall Street Journal reported today that OpenAI and Softbank have not been able to agree on key issues regarding the partnership, including where to build the new sites. The group is now aiming to open a single, smaller data center, likely in Ohio, by the end of the year, according to sources familiar with the matter.

OpenAI and Oracle still have to build this monster data center, which will be a costly endeavor, both in cash and in energy. They ar

In addition to the 4.5 gigawatts of capacity announced today, Oracle is responsible for building one of OpenAI’s Texas data center campuses. The site is expected to house up to 400,000 of Nvidia Corp.’s GB200 Grace Blackwell accelerators. Each chip features two Blackwell B200 graphics cards and a 72-core Grace central processing unit.