Former OpenAI Data Center Head Joins Nvidia as DSX VP

Chris Malone, formerly OpenAI’s head of data centers, has joined Nvidia as vice president of the DSX Platform, a role focused on helping customers design and deploy AI data centers aligned with Nvidia’s specifications. Malone’s tenure at OpenAI spanned from March 2025 through August 2024, a period marked by executive departures and the company’s push toward scaling its infrastructure. His departure coincided with OpenAI’s partnership with Oracle and SoftBank to build a 10-gigawatt data center in Ohio, a project valued at $105 billion in credit support from Nvidia. The facility, developed by SB Energy on OpenAI’s behalf, will house hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of Nvidia chips, underscoring the company’s growing reliance on its hardware for AI workloads. Malone’s move reflects broader industry trends as AI demand accelerates, with OpenAI targeting an IPO in 2027.