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Tech executives weigh data center backlash as OpenAI pledges transparency and NDA drop

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At a midterms event hosted by Jensen Huang, tech executives voiced concern over anti-data center election results, with OpenAI discussing a reset of its 2027 capacity plans. OpenAI also pledged to drop NDAs and published a Compute Campus Policy and National Community Compact.

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Timeline · 2 reports

  1. 2026-11-05 13:03 · Data Center Dynamics
    OpenAI promises to drop NDAs and increase community transparency, following anti-data center wave
  2. 2026-11-05 11:25 · Techmeme
    Sources: at Jensen Huang's midterms event, tech executives expressed concern over anti-data center results; OpenAI discussed resetting its 2027 capacity plans (Wall Street Journal)

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