OpenAI's campuses would turn down the power
On November 2, OpenAI launched Grid Protectors, a plan for future compute campuses to cut electricity use when the local grid is strained. The Effingham County agreement with Georgia Power includes up to 1,000 megawatts of flexible demand response. OpenAI compares that with the average demand of roughly 700,000 households. The campus is still in development. A pledge is not a building with the lights on.
- Verdict
- Watch Promising, but something is missing: access, pricing, or proof.
- For
- readers in places where an OpenAI campus is still a plan
- Why it matters
- Grid Protectors is a pledge to cut electricity use when the local grid is strained. The campus is still in development.
- Next check
- Recheck when the campus has an operating date or the utility confirms the demand-response agreement is in effect.
- Published
- By
- The Loaded Tokens desk
- Topic
- Infrastructure
- Sources
- OpenAI
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