Japan's SoftBank Group announced it plans to build a $33.3 billion gas-fired power plant at the US Department of Energy's Portsmouth site in Ohio, with a capacity of 9.2 gigawatts, to supply energy to AI data centres. The project forms part of a broader $550 billion Japanese investment in the United States agreed in exchange for reduced trade tariffs.
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"This is a size bigger than any power plant, I think, in the world," Son said at a ceremony in Ohio to announce the project, on Friday local time.
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SoftBank on Saturday announced a consortium with major American and Japanese firms to help build the plant and develop AI infrastructure in Ohio.
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This is a size bigger than any power plant, I think, in the world.
At least in the United States, for sure, this is the biggest power generation in one location.
The goal is to develop "the smartest intelligence in the world,"
Once a cornerstone of America's national security during the Cold War, enriching uranium for our nation's defence, the Portsmouth site is now being transformed to help the United States win the AI race
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Construction of the $33.3 billion power plant with a "large-scale" power generation capacity of 9.2 gigawatts (GW) will take place at the US Department of Energy's Portsmouth site, SoftBank said.
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Construction of the $33.3 billion power plant with a "large-scale" power generation capacity of 9.2 gigawatts (GW) will take place at the US Department of Energy's Portsmouth site, SoftBank said.
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The 9.2 GW gas-fired plant is part of an overall plan for the site to power 10 GW of data centre capacity, the US Department of Energy said in a statement.
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The first phase of the data center project is expected to include about 800 megawatts of power.
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The natural-gas plant is part of a broader $550 billion Japanese investment in the United States that Tokyo agreed to in exchange for reduced trade tariffs.
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