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A Data Center Applies to Become a Campus Without Moving
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OpenAI may call its data centers AI compute campuses as it prepares a public relations push around the political debate over artificial intelligence. TechCrunch, citing Axios, reports that chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane expects AI to be a major issue in the 2028 presidential race and has discussed proposals including AI speed limits. The possible name change arrives as data centers face public concern over their demands on local resources. A campus sounds considerably more collegial than a warehouse full of computing equipment. The machines, however, do not draw less power because the sign outside has acquired an academic air. OpenAI's broader effort aims to shape how voters and officials think about the technology, including whether people see AI as empowering them. That is a larger task than choosing a label. Communities considering new facilities have reasons to ask about electricity, water and the costs and benefits of development, whatever a company calls the site. A rebrand can change the first sentence of a presentation. It cannot answer the questions that come after it. The proposed campus may yet get its polished brochure, but the neighbors are likely to bring their own reading list, starting with the power bill and the local permitting documents.
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