OpenAI is quietly renaming data centers ‘compute campuses’
OpenAI is attempting to defuse growing local opposition by quietly rebranding its data centers as 'compute campuses' to avoid the strong bipartisan backlash against loud, resource-hungry facilities.
Key points
- •Data centers are widely disliked by residents for being loud and resource-hungry.
- •Opposition to data centers has achieved genuine bipartisan consensus in a polarized political landscape.
- •OpenAI is betting that a quiet rebranding to 'compute campuses' will help defuse the growing opposition.