OpenAI CEO acknowledges public backlash against data centers as infrastructure chief departs
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has acknowledged that Americans are hostile to data centers, citing a Gallup poll showing 70% oppose them in their communities. The admission comes as OpenAI's head of data centers, Chris Malone, has left the company. The backlash has already stalled or blocked at least 48 data center projects representing $156 billion in investment.
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