SoftBank’s Son Says Ohio Data Center to Be $500 Billion Project

SoftBank Group Corp. is developing a data center-focused project in Ohio so massive that Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son said it would channel $500 billion into a single campus. “We are going to do the largest construction project in the world,” Son said during a presentation. The project is intended to provide the massive computing power required for advanced artificial intelligence. The scale of the investment is unprecedented for a single site, potentially placing immense pressure on local utilities and the regional power grid while positioning Ohio as a global hub for AI infrastructure.