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OpenAI releases new data center guidelines after communities approve moratoriums in midterm elections

OpenAI released a National Community Compact and a Compute Campus Policy Blueprint on Thursday, setting out how the company will operate its data center campuses and give residents a "meaningful voice" in data center proposals. The framework follows midterm election ballot measures in which voters overwhelmingly rejected the technology, approving moratoriums on data centers.

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OpenAI releases new data center guidelines after communities approve moratoriums in midterm elections
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OpenAI announced a new framework on Thursday for how it will move forward with operating its data centers and engaging with communities, a move that follows voters overwhelmingly rejecting the technology through ballot measures in the midterm elections.

The ChatGPT maker released a National Community Compact and a Compute Campus Policy Blueprint that intend to lay out how OpenAI will operate at its campuses and to provide guidelines to allow residents to have a “meaningful voice” in data center proposals.

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