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WSJ Tech News Briefing · Tuesday, September 1, 2026

SB Energy's Data Centers Not Yet Operational Despite Customer Commitments

SB Energy's IPO filing disclosed that its data center campuses, which are key to near-term revenue, are not currently operational. Softbank and OpenAI are identified as customers at three of these campuses.

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Softbank and OpenAI are customers at three of SB Energy's data center campuses, which constitute a major portion of SB Energy's near-term revenue per its IPO filing, none of which are currently operational.
Julie Chang
Heard on WSJ Tech News Briefing — “TNB Tech Minute: SoftBank’s SB Energy Files for IPO, published Tuesday, September 1, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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SB Energy's Data Centers Not Yet Operational Despite Customer Commitments — Heardvine