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.

OpenAI https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/openai/ announced a new framework on Thursday for how it will move forward with operating its data centers https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/data-centers/ and engaging with communities, a move that follows voters overwhelmingly rejecting the technology through ballot measures in the midterm elections https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/2026-election/ . 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. Recommended Stories Print subscriber? Click here to login/register your account https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/print-subscription-check Digital subscriber?