OpenAI to drop NDAs, cover resident power costs in new data center framework
The commitments follow midterm elections in which voters in several states opposed local data center expansion, and OpenAI says the framework should be written into law.
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- BloombergOpenAI to Change How It Handles Data Centers After Outcry
- CNBCOpenAI pledges to halt NDAs in new data center policy proposal after election rebuke
- The Tech BuzzOpenAI Drops NDAs for Data Center Talks After Voter Backlash
- https://tech-insider.org/OpenAI Ends Data Center NDAs After 41 Ballot Votes [2026]
- Android HeadlinesOpenAI Drops Secret NDAs and Promises to Pay Full Power Costs for Data Centers
- BigGo FinanceOpenAI Drops NDAs With Officials, Vows to Foot Data Center Power Bills After Midterm Rebuke
- ShiftDelete.NetOpenAI Community Compact Drops NDAs, Covers Power Bills
- OpenAISetting a new standard for responsible AI infrastructure
- SiliconANGLEOpenAI makes new data center commitments, AI policy recommendations
- Savannah Morning NewsSenator Warnock calls for statewide moratorium for data centers
- The CurrentAnatomy of a secret Coastal Georgia data center deal
- The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionOpenAI in Georgia: How $20B data center plan secretly took root in Effingham
- NewsBytesOpenAI vows to cover electricity costs in new data centers
- Free Press JournalOpenAI Pledges To Pay Its Own Power Bills, Drop NDAs For Data Centres Days After US Democratic Midterm Sweep