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BakerHostetler Advises OpenAI on Leasing Agreements for World’s Largest AI Data Center

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A BakerHostetler cross-practice team advised OpenAI on energy, environmental, tax, and local Ohio real estate and public policy matters in the negotiation of data center leases for the landmark 10-gigawatt PORTS-Pike Technology Campus in Pike County, Ohio, which has been reported by the U.S. Department of Energy as the largest artificial intelligence data center in the world.

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The team was led by Partner David Proaño and included Senior Advisor for Government Relations Lori Herf, Partners Amy Kellogg, David Ebersole and Glenn Benson, Counsel Meagan Moore and Associates Robert McEvoy, Benjamin Kurtz and Jonathan Drake.

<a href="https://openai.com/index/openai-joins-ports-pike-project/">Read OpenAI’s statement</a>

<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/technology/nvidia-ohio-data-center-openai.html?eafs_enabled=false">Read the New York Times article</a>. (subscription required)

<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/82a4b183-7201-4789-95b7-e39e81c827bc?syn-25a6b1a6=1">Read the Financial Times article</a>. (subscription required)  

<a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/nvidia-invest-15-billion-sb-energy-under-openai-data-center-deal-2026-08-17/">Read the Reuters article</a>.

<a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/08/17/openai-nvidia-ohio-data-center-sb-energy">Read the Axios article</a>.

<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-17/nvidia-to-invest-up-to-105-billion-for-openai-data-center-in-ohio">Read the Bloomberg article</a>. (subscription required)&nbsp;

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