OpenAI 称将在即将到来的位于格鲁吉亚埃芬汉姆县的数据中心试行其“Grid Protections Programm”，该公司承诺在极端天气或紧急情况下释放多达1 000兆瓦的电力，足以为约700 000所房屋的空调供电。
OpenAI 投出数据中心电站，作为保护附近地区的方法
媒体将「AI校园」作为保护者
该公告是针对大规模项目，这些大型项目开始开发与建设，而当地居民往往很少或根本没有投入。 在犹他州，居民抗议Box Elder县专员在一个数据中心签约，预计2025年该州最高电力需求将增加一倍以上，并在数据中心周围的沙漠山谷中散布热空气。
OpenAI的办法是建造电厂，供新的人工智能数据中心所需的电力
田纳西州，佛罗里达州，俄克拉荷马州，俄勒冈州等多个州都颁布了法律，规定除了暂停令和其他限制措施外，它们还会阻止AI公司将能源成本转移给居民。 这除了环境影响之外，正如休斯敦高级研究中心(HARC)称最近的一项研究，为提议的德克萨斯数据中心项目提供动力可以抵消短短五年里几十年的空气质量收益。
OpenAI转而将其AI数据中心称为"计算校园"(compute counters)，以努力从不良的公共声誉中分离出来，声称通过全年运营来帮助降低客户的成本：
" 电能需求也随着季节而起起伏起伏，不同地区在不同时期面临最大的高峰，"OpenAI的公告称。 “我们的计算校园全年都需要电力。 如果有正确的协议，稳定的需求有助于将电网的固定成本分散到更多的电力销售中，而灵活性则让我们在系统最繁忙时减少需求。
OpenAI 称将继续与决策者和公用事业部门合作，为未来校园作出安排，以便在电网紧张时减少电力需求。 OpenAI也与Oracle和SoftBank合作
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In an announcement on Monday, OpenAI says it will pilot its “Grid Protectors Program” at an upcoming data center in Effingham County, Georgia, where the company promises to free up to 1,000 megawatts of power during extreme weather or emergencies, enough to power air conditioners in around 700,000 homes.
OpenAI pitches data center power plants as a way to protect nearby areas
As public opinion has soured on data centers, it’s selling ‘AI campuses’ as protectors, instead of noisy polluters.
The announcement comes as opposition to data centers spreads across the US, in response to massive projects that have begun development and construction, frequently with little or no input from local residents. In Utah, residents protested after Box Elder County commissioners signed off on a data center expected to consume more than double the state’s peak electricity demand in 2025, and spread hot air in the desert valley surrounding the data center.
Now OpenAI’s approach is to pitch the construction of power plants that feed the electricity required by the new AI data centers it’s building as “a resource that utilities can call on when communities need it most.”
Several states like Tennessee, Florida, Oklahoma, Oregon, and others have enacted laws that say they will prevent AI companies from passing energy costs on to residents, in addition to moratoriums and other restrictions. This is besides the environmental impacts, as a recent study by the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) said that powering proposed Texas data center projects could undo decades of air quality gains over just five years.
OpenAI, which has switched to calling its AI data centers “compute campuses” in an effort to separate from their poor public reputation, claims it helps reduce costs for customers by operating year-round:
“Electricity demand also rises and falls with the seasons, with different regions facing their biggest peaks at different times,” OpenAI’s announcement says. “Our compute campuses need power year-round. With the right agreements, that steady demand can help spread the grid’s fixed costs across more electricity sales, while flexibility lets us reduce demand when the system is busiest.”
OpenAI says it’s going to continue working with policymakers and utility services to make “arrangements for our future campus to reduce electricity demand when the grid is under strain.” Along with its data center in Georgia, OpenAI is also partnering with Oracle and SoftBank to build its “Stargate” data centers across the US, including in Shackelford County, Texas; Doña Ana County, New Mexico; and Milam County, Texas.
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