OpenAI pledges not to use non-disclosure agreements with public officials and to publish construction plans for data centres it owns, CNBC and Fox Business report

OpenAI said on 5 November that, for data centres it owns and operates, it will ask for community input, publish construction plans, not use non-disclosure agreements with public officials and keep paying the full cost of powering those sites, CNBC and Fox Business reported. OpenAI's own page refused us, so the commitments are given as the two outlets report them.

OpenAI also released a policy blueprint that urges lawmakers to enact similar commitments as laws, CNBC reported; Fox Business says it encourages lawmakers to adopt similar standards. Chris Lehane, OpenAI's chief global affairs officer, told CNBC the blueprint had been in the works since August, and that he had met dozens of lawmakers and candidates.

Both outlets set the release against the 3 November ballot results, in which local voters sided against data centres almost everywhere they were asked. Neither quotes OpenAI calling it a response to the vote.

The commitments cover only data centres OpenAI owns and operates. Much of the computing it uses is in sites owned by partners and landlords. On 3 November the Switchboard reported OpenAI's pledge to cut up to a gigawatt of demand at its planned Georgia campus when the grid is under strain.

• Reported For data centres it owns and operates, OpenAI will seek community input, publish construction plans, not use NDAs with public officials and pay the full cost of their power, CNBC and Fox Business report. CNBC
• Reported OpenAI released a policy blueprint urging lawmakers to enact similar commitments as laws, CNBC reports. CNBC
• Reported Chris Lehane told CNBC the blueprint had been in the works since August. CNBC