(Reuters) -SoftBank plans to invest up to $3 billion to overhaul an electric vehicle facility in Lordstown, Ohio, which will produce equipment for OpenAI’s forthcoming data centers after being remodeled, The Information reported on Thursday.

The plant will manufacture equipment for data centers in Milam County, Texas, and other locations, the report said, as the Japanese conglomerate goes all-in on the startup at the heart of the generative AI boom.

SoftBank, which sold its $5.8 billion stake in leading chipmaker Nvidia to bankroll CEO Masayoshi Son’s sweeping AI push centered around ChatGPT-creator OpenAI, purchased the Lordstown site in August for $375 million.

OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank announced in September plans for five U.S. AI data centers for the $500 billion Stargate project,

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