New Delhi, Aug. 16 -- Jensen Huang-led US chipmaker Nvidia is in talks to invest roughly $3 billion in SB Energy, a subsidiary of SoftBank Group that is developing a massive data centre project in Ohio for OpenAI, The Information reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the discussions.

The proposed investment comes as Nvidia is also in talks with OpenAI and SB Energy about providing around $100 billion in credit support for the planned data centre campus in Ohio.

The chipmaker plans to invest half of the $3 billion once the Ohio project is signed and the other half as part of SB Energy's planned initial public offering (IPO), which could take place as soon as next month and is expected to raise $5 billion.

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