Overview
SB Energy is a SoftBank Group company and integrated data center and power infrastructure developer purpose-built for the AI economy. Founded in 2019, it develops, constructs, and operates gigawatt-scale data center campuses and utility-scale power generation assets, including the PORTS-Pike Technology Campus in Ohio and the Milam County data center in Texas. Backed by SoftBank Group, OpenAI, and NVIDIA, SB Energy is a key execution partner for the Stargate AI infrastructure initiative.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Headquarters
Status
Type
IPO delay (Sep 2026)
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Partnerships
Every company SB Energy (SoftBank Group) has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1AWS1× joint976 total
Most recent
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Rich Hossfeld Co-CEOsecondary-verified
- Abhijeet Sathe Co-CEOsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for SB Energy (SoftBank Group).
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
SB Energy (SoftBank Group) in third-party press
NVIDIA Guarantees SB Energy's PORTS-Pike Technology Campus in Ohio to Exclusively Host NVIDIA AI Compute
OpenAI and SoftBank Group Partner with SB Energy to Build and Operate Next-Generation AI Data Centers to Advance Stargate
OpenAI, SoftBank to Invest $1 Billion in SB Energy
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total
Every company SB Energy (SoftBank Group) has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1AWS1× joint976 total
Funding rounds (2)
SB Energy (SoftBank Group)’s 2 disclosed rounds, $2.5B in total, oldest to newest.
- Strategic (NVIDIA)2026-08-17
$1.5B(reported)
Investors: Nvidia (lead)
- Strategic2026-07-15
$1.0B(reported)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 19, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-22
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-09-22
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Methodology surface for SB Energy (SoftBank Group).In the press
Recent coverage mentioning SB Energy (SoftBank Group) from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
NVIDIA Guarantees SB Energy's PORTS-Pike Technology Campus in Ohio to Exclusively Host NVIDIA AI Compute
NVIDIA invested $1.5B in SB Energy and secured the PORTS-Pike Technology Campus in Pike County, Ohio, to exclusively host NVIDIA AI compute. OpenAI will be the customer for 8 GW…
OpenAI and SoftBank Group Partner with SB Energy to Build and Operate Next-Generation AI Data Centers to Advance Stargate
SoftBank Group and OpenAI invested $1 billion in SB Energy to support its growth as a leading development and execution partner for data center campuses. SB Energy selected to…
OpenAI, SoftBank to Invest $1 Billion in SB Energy
The Wall Street Journal reports OpenAI and SoftBank Group are investing $1 billion in SB Energy to support its growth as a data center development partner for the Stargate AI…
OpenAI and SoftBank Group Partner with SB Energy
SB Energy announces its partnership with OpenAI and SoftBank Group. OpenAI selected SB Energy to build and operate its 1.2 GW data center site in Milam County, Texas. Initial…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/sb-energy-softbank-group.md
- RSS feed: /companies/sb-energy-softbank-group/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/7a448994-22f0-4e10-9e80-0541664f58a8
- Revision history: /companies/sb-energy-softbank-group/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Serious52/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place SB Energy (SoftBank Group) against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Well-capitalized with $2.5B raised and recent funding activity. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 5, 2026