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NVIDIA is taking on more AI-infrastructure financing risk, including OpenAI-linked Ohio capacity and broader cloud-service commitments, while Oracle’s Project Jupiter and Pennsylvania’s GRID order show permitting and grid compliance tightening around the buildout.

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1. NM Supreme Court delivers two blows to Oracle data center in southern New Mexico - KOB 4 — KOB 4

   Project Jupiter: New Mexico Supreme Court delivers two blows to Oracle data center - KOB 4 # Project Jupiter: New Mexico Supreme Court delivers two blows to Oracle data center # NM Supreme Court delivers two blows to Oracle data center in southern New Mexico | 5 p.m. The New Mexico Supreme Court dealt two setbacks to Project Jupiter and the hearing officer in its air permit case stepped…

2. NVIDIA has provided credit support for an OpenAI-linked data-center buildout at SB Energy's PORTS Technology Campus in Ohio, covering approximately 4.25 gigawatts of IT load with guarantees capped at $105 billion. — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

   NVIDIA has provided credit support for an OpenAI-linked data-center buildout at SB Energy's PORTS Technology Campus in Ohio, covering approximately 4.25 gigawatts of IT load with guarantees capped at $105 billion. The filing places NVIDIA directly in the financing and execution chain for a data-center-scale OpenAI deployment, with obligations tied to lease and power payments rather than limited…

3. NVIDIA introduced a new AI-cloud business model in which partners procure NVIDIA data-center infrastructure while NVIDIA commits to cloud-service agreements totaling $36 billion, typically over six years. — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

   NVIDIA introduced a new AI-cloud business model in which partners procure NVIDIA data-center infrastructure while NVIDIA commits to cloud-service agreements totaling $36 billion, typically over six years. The model shifts NVIDIA beyond hardware sales into arranging and financing compute capacity. NVIDIA says the AI clouds can stop providing the committed capacity to NVIDIA and sell it to third…

4. Pennsylvania’s Data Center Executive Order Ties Compliance With State's GRID Requirements to Streamlined Development — Ballard Spahr LLP

   # Pennsylvania’s Data Center Executive Order Ties Compliance With State's GRID Requirements to Streamlined Development Published: 2026-08-25T18:10:24+00:00 Source: jdsupra.com (jdsupra.com) Language: en ## Story Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed Executive Order 2026-05 this week, converting Pennsylvania’s voluntary GRID Requirements into binding conditions for streamlined permitting…

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