World’s Largest AI Data Center Announced on DOE Land
... SB Energy Co-CEO Rich Hossfeld, SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son, U.S. Energy Assistant Secretary ...
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Search every verified Rich Hossfeld interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Rich Hossfeld, Co-Chief Executive Officer at SB Energy, participated in the March 2026 announcement of a planned AI data center at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Site in Ohio. The project, described as the world’s largest AI data center, includes a 10-gigawatt data center and up to 10 gigawatts of new power generation, with at least 9.2 gigawatts from natural gas. Hossfeld stated that the project is not debt-financed and will produce reliable, affordable energy, and he emphasized that the company has ordered turbines and is working with utility AEP Ohio to upgrade the grid in coordination with generation coming online. He also noted that the ground lease will help accelerate site cleanup and that the project is expected to create 10,000 construction jobs and over 2,000 permanent positions. In earlier remarks from a 2022 U.S.-German roundtable on energy independence, Hossfeld discussed the need for a stable policy framework to unlock investment in renewables and infrastructure. He said there is more capital ready to invest than there are good opportunities, and that policymakers have an opportunity to guide that capital toward emissions reduction and climate change prevention. He also highlighted the importance of completing the transformation to renewables as quickly as possible.
... SB Energy Co-CEO Rich Hossfeld, SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son, U.S. Energy Assistant Secretary ...
SB Energy, a SoftBank Group company, announced a unique public-private partnership last week to construct the world’s largest artificial intelligence (AI) data center at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Portsmouth Site, and committed to build 10 gigawatts of new power generation that will connect to the local grid to prevent increased utility costs to American families. The project is expected to generate 10,000 construction jobs and more than 2,000 permanent positions for the region. Hear more about this major development from U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, U.S. Commerce Secretary…
U.S.-German Roundtable: Building Security through Energy Independence March 28, 2022, 8 p.m. CET / 2 p.m. EDT Keynote from Erin Sikorsky, Director of the Center for Climate & Security in Washington D.C. Further speakers from both sides of the Atlantic: • Christian Kern, former Austrian Chancellor, co-owner of Blue Minds Company and of Europe’s largest manufacturer of solar glass • Prof. Dr. Veronika Grimm, Member of the German Council of Economic Experts (Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung) • Angelina Galiteva, Chair of the California Grid Operator (C…
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