TechOpenAI is quietly rebranding data centers as ‘compute campuses’

OpenAI introduced “compute campus” in announcing its Grid Protectors Program, which will begin at a planned site in Effingham County, Georgia, and address concerns about AI infrastructure’s pressure on local power grids. Critics say the new label does not solve data centers’ environmental harms or burden on local resources.

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