Sam Altman’s OpenAI plans to start calling its AI data centers “compute campuses,” according to a spokesperson who confirmed the rebrand to Business Insider on Sunday.
\n\nBusiness Insider reports that the company says the new term fits what these facilities actually do. “Compute campuses better describes the scale and role of the infrastructure we’re building for AI,” the spokesperson said, adding that the sites represent “long-term investments in computing, energy infrastructure and skilled work.”
\n\nThe timing isn’t an accident. Public opinion on data centers has been souring, and a Pew Research poll found that 54 percent of Americans believe AI data centers are bad for the environment. The facilities have turned into a flashpoint for voters heading into Tuesday’s midterm elections.
\n\nOpenAI isn’t alone in trying to find ways to shore up local support. Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft have each pledged millions of dollars to communities and schools near their own data centers, part of a broader industry effort to blunt local opposition to projects that draw heavily on power and water.
\n\nOpenAI’s spokesperson framed the renaming as part of that same push to bring communities in rather than just build around them. “We want the communities hosting that infrastructure…
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