OpenAI says that at future campuses it owns and operates it will pay the full cost of electricity and related grid infrastructure, and will no longer require public officials to sign non-disclosure agreements except in narrow cases.
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Who's reporting it
- Channel Insider, 2026-11-06: Reports OpenAI's 5 November National Community Compact commits it to cover full electricity and added infrastructure costs and to drop NDAs for talks with public officials, with exceptions for security and trade secrets. source
- Dataconomy, 2026-11-06: Reports OpenAI will pay the full cost of powering data centres it owns and operates and avoid NDAs with public officials, quoting global affairs chief Chris Lehane. source
- Al Jazeera, 2026-11-07: Reports OpenAI published a framework after the vote pledging to 'pay our own way on energy and infrastructure' and to favour low-water cooling. source
History
- 2026-11-10: Single source. Every report traces to OpenAI's own announcement; the pledges are voluntary and cover only sites OpenAI owns and operates, not capacity it leases from partners.