2 November 2026

OpenAI plans to rename data centers as 'AI compute campuses'

First reported

TechCrunch ran this on 1 November, a day before the other 2 sources picked it up.

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, wants to call its data centers 'AI compute campuses' to ease local opposition.
Data centers are huge buildings full of computers that need large amounts of electricity and water.
A Redfin survey in May found 47% of Americans opposed a new data center in their community.

How it was covered

Political advertising about data centers in October, with support and opposition shares