OpenAI might rebrand its data centers as ‘AI compute campuses’

OpenAI 可能将其数据中心更名为“人工智能计算园区”。

In Brief Posted: 1:55 PM PST · November 1, 2026 Image Credits:Ethan Cairns/Bloomberg / Getty Images Anthony Ha OpenAI might rebrand its data centers as ‘AI compute campuses’ Data centers are deeply unpopular. But what if we called them something else?

简讯发布于：太平洋标准时间 2026 年 11 月 1 日下午 1:55。图片来源：Ethan Cairns/Bloomberg / Getty Images。作者：Anthony Ha。OpenAI 可能将其数据中心更名为“人工智能计算园区”。数据中心非常不受欢迎。但如果我们换个名字呢？

Axios reports that OpenAI is preparing a “PR blitz” for after the midterm elections on Tuesday, as Democrats seem likely to win back the House of Representatives, and possibly the Senate, too. The company’s chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane told Axios that the midterms will be “a bit of a movie trailer for what you’re going to see in 2028,” when he expects AI to be “the issue” in the presidential election.

据 Axios 报道，OpenAI 正在为周二中期选举后的“公关闪电战”做准备，因为民主党人似乎很有可能夺回众议院，甚至可能夺回参议院。该公司全球事务首席官 Chris Lehane 告诉 Axios，中期选举将是“2028 年大选的预告片”，他预计届时人工智能将成为总统选举中的“核心议题”。

So OpenAI is to influence the AI debate moving forward, with Lehane discussing several proposals, including the development of AI “speed limits”; finding ways to help people see AI as empowering them in their daily lives; pushing the U.S. to take a role in developing global standards — and yes, rebranding data centers as “AI compute campuses.”

因此，OpenAI 旨在影响未来的人工智能辩论。Lehane 讨论了几项提案，包括制定人工智能“限速”；寻找方法帮助人们认识到人工智能如何赋能他们的日常生活；推动美国在制定全球标准方面发挥作用——当然，还有将数据中心更名为“人工智能计算园区”。

Lehane also described the conversation around data centers (a debate that has pushed Amazon and Microsoft to say they will no longer use NDAs in their negotiations with local governments) as “good and healthy.” “Communities should hold companies responsible and accountable so they really and truly get a transformative benefit from these projects,” he said.

Lehane 还将围绕数据中心的讨论（这场辩论已促使亚马逊和微软表示在与地方政府谈判时将不再使用保密协议）描述为“良好且健康的”。他说：“社区应该让公司承担责任，这样他们才能真正从这些项目中获得变革性的利益。”