OpenAI Renames Data Centers as 'Compute Campuses' to Ease Backlash

OpenAI on Monday launched its 'Grid Protectors Program' and began calling data centers 'compute campuses.' The quiet rebrand aims to defuse bipartisan opposition over noise and resource use, starting with a site in Effingham County, Georgia.

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