2026-11-04 05:18 UTC
Datacentres are deeply unpopular – so the geniuses at OpenAI are rebranding them: These resource-guzzling centres drive up utility bills and are hated across the political spectrum.
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@eicker@lemmy.world 2026-11-04 05:19
So the plan is to call them »compute campuses« and hope everyone forgets about the electricity bills. I suppose »campus« sounds nicer than »industrial facility that wants your water and power.« Shame the utility company doesn’t accept branding exercises as payment.