OpenAI announced new commitments to communities hosting its data center projects, including a pledge to avoid non-disclosure agreements with public officials. The move follows midterm elections where voters opposed data center expansion.
OpenAI said it will allow only narrow protections for legitimate security information, trade secrets, and proprietary or competitively sensitive data. The company will pay the full cost of electricity it uses and the infrastructure needed to serve its operations.
The commitments also include publishing expected job creation and reporting on hiring results. Each future compute campus that OpenAI owns and operates will have a local compact reflecting community priorities.
Amazon announced a similar policy in October, discontinuing NDAs with government agencies on data center projects.