OpenAI pledges to pay power costs at campuses it owns and operates

OpenAI published a National Community Compact and a Compute Campus Policy Blueprint on November 5th, 2026, pledging to pay power costs at campuses it owns and operates and committing to early resident input, annual reports and limits on NDAs with public officials. The compact applies only to OpenAI's own future owned sites, while the blueprint proposes binding rules for the wider industry as host communities push back at the ballot box on AI data centers.

OpenAI pledges to pay power costs at campuses it owns and operates OpenAI's November 5th compact promises early resident input, annual reports and limits on NDAs with public officials amid ballot-box opposition to AI data centers. By Ryan Merket https://runtimewire.com/author/ryan-merket · Published Primary source: openai.com https://openai.com/index/setting-new-standard-responsible-ai-infrastructure/ Why it matters Host communities are gaining leverage over AI infrastructure siting, and power costs, water use, NDAs and local hiring are becoming conditions developers must price into new campuses. OpenAI's compact covers only its own future owned sites, so its parallel push for binding industry rules determines whether rivals face the same terms. OpenAI published a National Community Compact https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/community-compact.pdf?ref=runtimewire and a Compute Campus Policy Blueprint https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/compute-campus-policy-blueprint.pdf?ref=runtimewire on November 5th, 2026, setting terms for future campuses it owns and operates and proposing rules for the wider industry.… When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission https://runtimewire.com/affiliate-monetization-standards . This doesn’t affect our editorial independence.