Signals how frontier labs plan to defuse local opposition and grid strain from AI datacenter buildouts.
OpenAI's Grid Protectors Program will work with utilities so future compute campuses support grid reliability and protect consumer electricity costs, as the company pushes back on data center backlash.
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