# OpenAI joins PORTS-Pike project

DevFeed: [OpenAI joins PORTS-Pike project](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/openai-joins-ports-pike-project-6578.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://openai.com/index/openai-joins-ports-pike-project>)

Published: 2026-08-17T05:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [OpenAI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/openai-news.md>)

Topics: [datacenter](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datacenter.md>), [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>), [Nvidia](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nvidia.md>), [jobs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jobs.md>)

Tags: [data-center](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-center.md>), [energy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/energy.md>), [global-affairs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/global-affairs.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [jobs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jobs.md>), [local](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/local.md>), [nvidia](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nvidia.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [partnership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/partnership.md>)

## AI overview

OpenAI has agreed to secure approximately 8 gigawatts-IT at the PORTS-Pike Technology Campus in Ohio in partnership with SB Energy, NVIDIA, and the U.S. Department of Energy. The project is expected to create construction and long-term operating jobs, fund community priorities, and support local infrastructure. Its data center will pay its energy and infrastructure costs and use closed-loop, air-cooled cooling systems to reduce ongoing water demand.

## Source excerpt

OpenAI joins PORTS-Pike project, expanding community investment and supporting thousands of Southern Ohio jobs