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- OpenAI announced new commitments to communities where it is building data center projects, including a pledge not to use non-disclosure agreements with public officials.
- OpenAI said NDAs will remain only for "narrow protections covering legitimate security information, trade secrets, or proprietary or competitively sensitive information."
- OpenAI will pay "the full cost" of the electricity it uses and "the infrastructure needed to serve us" at its data center projects.
- OpenAI will publish the jobs it expects to create and report on hiring in the communities hosting its projects.
- OpenAI said every future "compute campus" it owns and operates will carry a "local compact" built around the commitments and reflecting "local priorities."
- Amazon announced in October that it would no longer use NDAs with government agencies it works with on data center projects.
- OpenAI made the announcement after this week's midterms; the source notes voters "resoundingly" voiced their opposition to data center expansion.
Why it matters: Local officials in OpenAI's data center host communities get back the discussions NDAs had hidden, and the company takes on the full cost of power and serving infrastructure. Amazon ended its NDAs with government agencies in October, putting the two firms on nearly identical disclosure terms.
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