SoftBank and AEP plan massive Ohio gas-fired AI data center campus

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The U.S. Department of Energy has partnered with Japan’s SoftBank Group and electric utility AEP to construct a large gas-fired power plant and AI server warehouse in Ohio.
The project, valued at $33.3 billion, is funded in part by a wider trade deal between the U.S. and Japan, committing $550 billion to projects aimed at reducing China’s dominance in electronic components.
SB Energy, a SoftBank unit, plans to connect a 9.2-gigawatt gas plant to the local grid to power the new data center at the Portsmouth site in Pike County, Ohio.
The arrangement involves upgrading and building transmission lines in southern Ohio, with combined investments totaling $4.2 billion.
The initiative aims to support U.S. artificial intelligence leadership, secures energy and computing capacity, and seeks to balance the financial burden of data centers more equitably.

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