OpenAI 已达成协议，将与 SB Energy、NVIDIA 和美国能源部合作，在俄亥俄州派克县的 PORTS-Pike 科技园区获得约 8 吉瓦的 IT 容量。我们希望以派克县合作伙伴的身份开发该项目：承担项目自身的能源和基础设施成本，负责任地用水，为当地工人和企业创造机会，并根据社区需求开展长期投资。
预计该项目将在截至 2032 年的六年建设期内创造 35,000 个建筑岗位和 2,500 个长期运营岗位。我们还将向社区补助基金投资 4,000 万美元，用于支持当地居民确定的重点事项。这是在 SB Energy 此前宣布投入 4,000 万美元的基础上追加的投资。此外，我们还将通过 ChatGPT 提供价值 8,400 万美元的 Codex 额度，让俄亥俄州每位大学生都能使用这项技术。
派克县曾为美国 20 世纪的工业增长提供动力。如今，这个项目将为当地带来新的机遇，使其在美国下一轮工业化进程中发挥引领作用。
我们希望该项目能促进俄亥俄州南部的就业、企业增长和投资，并帮助这里成为年轻人可以发展事业、组建家庭并愿意留下来的地方。
在我们融入社区的过程中，以下原则将指引我们的工作：
- The project will pay its own energy and infrastructure costs. SB Energy will pay the full cost of the grid upgrades and new transmission lines needed to serve the data center. Those costs will not be shifted to Ohio or other ratepayers in the region. This investment will also strengthen the regional electricity grid and support more reliable power over time.
- The data center will recirculate water to reduce ongoing demand. The data center will use closed-loop, air-cooled cooling systems that recirculate water rather than relying on cooling towers that continuously consume water for cooling. As a result, it will use significantly less water than historically used by the Portsmouth gaseous diffusion plant. Once the data center cooling system is filled, ongoing water use is expected to be comparable to an office building supporting a similar number of people, including sinks and restrooms, equipment washdown and maintenance, and landscaping. PORTS-Pike is working with the Department of Energy to leverage their existing onsite water system. We will also fund new water infrastructure in partnership with and to the benefit of local communities. Once the site design is finalized, we will publicly report the project’s expected water use.
- The investment will create tangible benefits for Pike County and Southern Ohio. The PORTS-Pike Technology Data Center is expected to create 35,000 construction jobs during its six-year buildout through 2032, along with 2,500 long-term operating jobs. OpenAI and SB Energy will work to prioritize local workers, contractors, suppliers, trades, and service providers. Building on SB Energy’s existing $40 million community agreement, OpenAI will invest an additional $40 million, and this community investment will be shaped by local residents’ priorities such as schools, public safety, health care, utilities, workforce training, housing, veterans’ services, small businesses, and support for working families. The project is expected to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in state and local tax revenue over its lifetime. Local and state property tax revenues will primarily support public schools, while other state and local tax revenues will help fund schools, roads, public safety, emergency services, health care, workforce development, and other public priorities.
- We will invest in good jobs and workforce pathways for local residents. PORTS-Pike Campus signed a Memorandum of Understanding with North America’s Building Trades Unions to commit to the project being built. We plan to work with the Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council and all of its affiliated crafts, local schools, colleges, apprenticeship programs, veterans’ organizations, labor partners, and workforce groups to help residents prepare for construction, technical, and operating roles. Working together, we will create good jobs and help build a larger base of skills, businesses, and opportunity that can attract additional employers and support careers across the region for years to come.
- Ohio students will receive access to tools for the next generation of work. OpenAI will make up to $84 million in credits for Codex available to approximately 844,000 eligible Ohio college, community college, and technical school students aged 18 and older during the 2026–2027 academic year. Codex is an OpenAI tool within ChatGPT that helps people build software and complete technical projects. Eligible students will receive $100 in credits through their ChatGPT accounts, giving them hands-on experience using AI to carry out complex tasks, create projects, and build practical skills for careers across engineering, manufacturing, health care, education, entrepreneurship, and the skilled trades. Together, OpenAI’s local investment and Codex credits, along with SB Energy’s community grant, represent more than $160 million in benefits for Pike County and Ohio residents. Students can learn more at chatgpt.com/codex/ohio-college-students/（在新窗口中打开）.
- We will report publicly on our progress. Each year, we will publish a report covering local hiring, community investment, water use, and project-related energy use.
We will continue to meet with residents, local officials, schools, businesses, labor organizations, and community groups to help shape an Ohio Community Compact. The Compact will reflect local priorities and turn these principles into specific, public measures as the project moves forward.
There is significant work ahead, and the full data center will not be built all at once. SB Energy is developing the project across private land and remediated land controlled by the Department of Energy at the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant. We appreciate the Trump Administration’s leadership in helping advance the redevelopment of this federal site for American AI infrastructure. This gives a site that once supported American industry and national security a new role building infrastructure for the Intelligence Era.
首批 800 兆瓦容量预计将于 2028 年投入使用，并将主要利用 AEP 的现有基础设施。后续开发将需要建设接入电网的新发电设施，包括天然气发电设施，以及新的输电线路和相关基础设施。SB Energy 已在 portscampus.com（在新窗口中打开） 发布更多项目相关信息。
SB Energy 将建设、拥有并运营该数据中心，根据与 OpenAI 签订的 20 年租约逐步交付容量。OpenAI 将作为客户使用该场地的容量；该场地将专门托管 NVIDIA AI 计算基础设施。我们根据前沿训练的长期预计需求以及市场对我们产品日益增长的需求，签约获取这些容量。OpenAI 只会在已建成容量可供租用后开始付款，并将利用业务大幅增长带来的收入和现金流以及从投资者处筹集的资金履行这些付款承诺。此外，NVIDIA 将向 SB Energy 投资 15 亿美元，并为首期 4.25 IT-GW 所涉及的土地、电力和建筑主体建设提供信用支持。项目开发取决于必要基础设施、许可、环境审查和融资是否落实到位。
NVIDIA 和 OpenAI 正在数据中心的设计、测试和调试投运环节开展合作。两家公司还将联合发布一份技术白皮书，分享从 PORTS-Pike 项目中获得的经验，包括如何通过韧性基础设施设计、严格的数据中心组件资质验证以及软件层面的工作负载管理，在集群规模上实现更高的计算可用性、更强的可靠性和更长的平均无中断运行时间，从而将该数据中心打造为未来新一代超级计算机设计的典范。
我们预计将利用这些容量满足对先进 AI 日益增长的需求，并在践行使命的过程中，保持我们作为前沿 AI 研究实验室的领先地位。
PORTS-Pike 科技数据中心这样的数据中心是支撑 AI 的实体基础之一。它们与芯片、电力和高速网络共同帮助我们开发能力更强的系统，让 ChatGPT 和 Codex 等工具更加可靠、经济实惠，并惠及更多个人和企业。
我们的使命是确保通用人工智能造福全人类。我们把它建设得越好，就会有越多的人能够利用 AI 学习、创作、解决问题、创办企业，并完成过去难以企及的工作。
我们的责任是确保为其建设提供助力的社区也能切实分享这些利益。派克县及更广泛的俄亥俄州南部地区即将翻开长期推动美国进步的新篇章，我们期待与当地携手合作。
