SoftBank Group, in a massive public-private partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy, has officially broken ground on the “Stargate” AI power and data campus in Piketon, Ohio.

Located at a decommissioned uranium enrichment site, the project is staggering in scale: it aims for 10 gigawatts of computing capacity supported by a dedicated $33 billion natural gas facility.

This move signals a strategic pivot for SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, moving the firm from a pure investment house into a primary owner of the “hard infrastructure” required to dominate the global AI race.

The project is not without friction. While the Trump administration has championed the move as a way to “reindustrialize” the American Midwest, local residents have already filed petitions to block “mega data centers” over environmental and utility cost concerns.

To mitigate this, SoftBank and partner AEP Ohio have pledged $4.

2 billion in grid upgrades that they claim will not raise rates for local consumers. The facility is expected to serve as the primary training ground for next-generation models from OpenAI and Oracle, utilizing “behind-the-meter” power to avoid straining the public’s aging electrical infrastructure.

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