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title: "OpenAI pledges to change how it handles data center deals, including avoiding NDAs and lowering power usage during peak times, after Democrats' midterm wins (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/openai-pledges-to-change-how-it-handles-data-center-deals-including-e406e06e
published: 2026-11-05T10:45:37.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# OpenAI pledges to change how it handles data center deals, including avoiding NDAs and lowering power usage during peak times, after Democrats' midterm wins (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-11-05 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/openai-pledges-to-change-how-it-handles-data-center-deals-including-e406e06e

Dina Bass / Bloomberg : OpenAI pledges to change how it handles data center deals, including avoiding NDAs and lowering power usage during peak times, after Democrats' midterm wins — OpenAI said it will avoid nondisclosure agreements when it negotiates data center deals and ensure residents don't pay for the electricity …

In this story: [OpenAI](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/openai), [AI Data Centers](https://frontiernewswire.com/topics/ai-data-centers), [Bloomberg](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/bloomberg), [Dina Bass](https://frontiernewswire.com/people/dina-bass)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261105/p11#a261105p11)

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