OpenAI has pledged to build its own data center, taking full responsibility for electricity and grid costs, while pushing regulators to extend rules to all developers.

OpenAI has announced that its future data center campus will assume all electricity and grid costs. When the project was initially cut, it provided a financial guarantee. The company has made public data on water usage, power consumption, noise levels, and hiring plans. It avoids signing confidentiality agreements with officials and funds local priorities, including $4.8 million in school meal subsidies in Georgia.