# OpenAI is stepping back from NDAs for data center projects

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/openai-is-stepping-back-from-ndas-for-data-center-projects/
- Published: 2026-11-06T00:37:56+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T01:04:24+00:00
- Original publisher: The Verge
- Original article: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1028454/openai-data-center-nda
- Topics: AI, Elections, Politics, Technology

## Key points

- OpenAI will stop using broad NDAs with public officials on data centre projects.
- It promises to cover electricity and infrastructure costs.
- Future campuses will have local compacts and report on jobs.

## Summary

OpenAI says it will stop using non-disclosure agreements with public officials for its data centre projects, responding to concerns that such agreements conceal discussions with developers. The change is part of broader commitments to communities as data centre expansion faces public scrutiny.

OpenAI says confidentiality will be limited to legitimate security information, trade secrets and sensitive proprietary or competitive information. It also commits to paying the full cost of the electricity and supporting infrastructure it needs, publishing expected job numbers and reporting on hiring. Each future compute campus it owns and operates will have a local compact reflecting the commitments and local priorities; Amazon announced a similar move on government-agency NDAs in October.

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