Setting a New Standard for Responsible AI Infrastructure
OpenAI, Thursday, November 5th, 2026
OpenAI publishes a National Community Compact and policy blueprint setting commitments for communities hosting its compute campuses.
OpenAI released a National Community Compact and a Compute Campus Policy Blueprint for the AI data center campuses it owns and operates in the US.
Each campus will have a local compact committing OpenAI to pay the full cost of its electricity and grid infrastructure, publish site-level water, power and noise data, avoid NDAs with public officials beyond narrow exceptions, and report annually on local hiring.
Examples include a USD 4.8 million school meals grant in Effingham County, Georgia, and a USD 6 million childcare commitment in Pike County, Ohio.
The blueprint asks policymakers to make large power users cover their grid costs, require public reporting and transparent tax incentives, and support local hiring and suppliers.