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Nvidia in talks with OpenAI to guarantee $250 billion financing for data center, WSJ reports
Nvidia is negotiating roughly $250 billion in financing guarantees for OpenAI's planned 10-gigawatt Ohio data center.
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Ten items on AI infrastructure financing, open-weight models, and AI-cited layoffs this week, plus a wildcard from bee neuroscience.
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Nvidia is negotiating roughly $250 billion in financing guarantees for OpenAI's planned 10-gigawatt Ohio data center.
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