39 | Friday, September 19, 2025Nvidia to invest $100B in OpenAI to help expand the ChatGPT maker's computing power The Associated Press Print | Front Page | Email this story To:From:Message:From (email):Message:Chipmaker Nvidia will invest $100 billion in OpenAI as part of a partnership announced Monday that will add at least 10 gigawatts of Nvidia AI data centers to ramp up the computing power for the owner of the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT. Nvidia and OpenAI said they would be finalizing the details of the arrangement in the coming weeks. Those companies pledged to invest at least $100 billion in building data centers for OpenAI in January. Speaking on CNBC, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the new data centers that Nvidia will build are in addition to the previously announced projects. He said both Nvidia and Microsoft are "passive investors," and OpenAI's nonprofit and board controls the company.