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ChatGPT-maker OpenAI will lease a massive new data center in the United States for 20 years, backed by a $105 billion financing commitment from Nvidia, according to a regulatory filing published Monday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

Aschenbrenner made the rounds of other banks alongside David Geffen, a former financing executive at BlackRock and Amaranth Advisors who ran a hedge-fund advisory firm, people familiar with the situation said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Nvidia has moved beyond earlier mechanisms for circular financing, such as making equity investments in OpenAI and other AI firms, to newer structures that make chip purchases cheaper by lowering the cost of borrowing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

The Times has reported he tapped the insurers he owned for financing, a deal that was later vetted by state insurance regulators.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Cleopatra, who would be financing the expedition, may have helped with the strategizing, too.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby

Such back-to-back financings have become more commonplace in Silicon Valley in the midst of the AI boom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

The financings haven’t closed, and the terms of the deals could still change.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

In its paperwork, SpaceX said it is required to use the proceeds from certain debt financings, as well as an IPO, to repay amounts outstanding under the bridge loan.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 20, 2026

“They really copied this from us,” a CoreWeave executive told me, speaking of these debt financings.

From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026

That’s not counting another $2.3 billion in off-balance-sheet financings and $600 million of unsecured other debt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2025