Owned and Operated

A sub-series within Big Tech's War on Users On Tuesday, voters were asked about data centers 41 times. They said no 40 of them. On Thursday, OpenAI said, more or less, let us explain. Per Reuters, out of 41 data center ballot measures this week, all but one went against the data centers, according to Ballotpedia. Democrats flipped the governorships in Texas, Georgia and Ohio with candidates who promised to pause new data center permits and tighten construction rules. Data center operators and power companies took a beating on Wednesday as investors priced in slower, pricier building. Texas, Georgia and Ohio. Abilene, Effingham County and Pike County. If you've been following where OpenAI is building, you already know why that sentence matters. So on Thursday, OpenAI released two documents. A National Community Compact with promises for its own future sites, and a Compute Campus Policy Blueprint asking lawmakers to turn those promises into law for everybody. Reuters says the policies…

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