OpenAI pledged to pay data center power costs and increase transparency
OpenAI said Thursday it will cover full power costs for its data centers, keeping electricity costs off residents. For facilities it owns and operates, it pledged community input, public construction plans and no nondisclosure agreements with public officials. Its policy blueprint urges lawmakers to codify similar commitments. CNBC said pledges followed voters’ rejection of rapid AI expansion two days earlier.
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OpenAI said Thursday it would pay the full cost of powering its data centers and make its development plans more transparent, responding to concerns about the local impact of AI infrastructure. The company said it would solicit community input, publish construction plans and avoid nondisclosure agreements with public officials for data centers it owns and operates. It also pledged that residents would not bear the electricity costs associated with the facilities. In a policy blueprint, OpenAI encouraged policymakers to enact similar commitments as laws. CNBC reported that the pledges came two days after voters at the polls rejected rapid AI expansion.
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CNBC reports OpenAI’s commitments to pay data-center power costs and address community concerns, and Seeking Alpha separately reports the power-cost and no-NDA commitments. Tech Buzz also describes the announcement but appears to repeat the same report; the other results are off-topic, older, or too thin to establish the central claim.