Aug 15 (Reuters) - Nvidia ( NVDA ) is in talks to invest as

much as $3 billion in SB Energy, a subsidiary of SoftBank Group

and developer of a massive planned Ohio data center

project for OpenAI, the Information reported on Saturday, citing

people familiar with the discussions.

The investment is being discussed as part of Nvidia's ( NVDA )

negotiations with OpenAI and SB Energy over the chip company

providing around $100 billion in credit support for the planned

Ohio data center campus, the report said.

Reuters could not immediately verify the report.

(Reporting by Disha Mishra in Bengaluru)