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SB Energy files for IPO with no data center revenue and a declared OpenAI dependency

9/1/2026

The operational sequence for a data center business has a hard prerequisite: facilities have to be built, energized, and running before they generate revenue.

SoftBank's SB Energy is filing for an IPO without having cleared that bar.

The company's prospectus discloses that its data center business has generated no revenue and that none of its data centers are operational, and it characterizes the company as "substantially dependent" on OpenAI.

Where the dependency sits The "substantially dependent" characterization is SB Energy's own language from the filing.