NVIDIA announced on 17 August 2026 that it has secured land, power and shell (LPS) capacity through a partnership with SB Energy at the PORTS-Pike Technology Campus in Pike County, Ohio, to exclusively host NVIDIA AI compute.
The agreement is part of the broader buildout of AI factories in the United States, where NVIDIA is locking in the physical foundations, energy and real estate needed to run large-scale accelerated computing. Securing power and shell capacity ahead of deployment is intended to shorten the time required to bring new AI infrastructure online.
NVIDIA has been expanding its network of AI factories and financing platforms with partners including Brookfield, BlackRock and others, as demand for AI compute from enterprises and governments moves from pilot projects into production.
The Ohio site reflects a wider trend in which the economics of artificial intelligence are increasingly tied to dedicated, large-scale data-center campuses paired with clean or firm power sources.
