Nvidia Scales Back $250 Billion Guarantee for OpenAI Data Center, Sources Say

OpenAI data center deal with Nvidia comes in $145 billion lower than reported—signaling concerns of artificial demand for chips

Circular financing concerns revolve around the chip-maker's investment into OpenAI's data center lease.

Nvidia Scales Back $250 Billion Guarantee for OpenAI Data Center, Sources Say

Nvidia has reduced the size of a planned guarantee of up to $250 billion for data center financing tied to OpenAI, according to people familiar with the matter. The revised amount has not been disclosed, and neither Nvidia nor OpenAI has publicly commented on the change as of this report. The guarantee was intended to support loans to firms building and operating data centers for OpenAI. Bloomberg News reported on July 27, 2026, that Nvidia was …