6 November 2026
OpenAI pledges local input and no NDAs for data center projects
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- OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, says it will pay the full electricity cost of its data centers and the infrastructure needed to serve them.
- For data centers it owns, OpenAI will seek community input, publish construction plans, and drop NDAs with public officials except for narrow security or trade secret cases.
- The pledges came two days after voters in 41 local ballot measures across 10 states largely backed restrictions on data center development.
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