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By Zimbo · November 2, 2026

AI cartoon by Zimbo: Satirical cartoon: a giant bow-tied OpenAI data-center building politely unplugs its own huge power cord from a giant wall socket while small houses beside it stay warmly lit.
OpenAI's new Grid Protectors Program promises its future data-center campuses will cut power use when the grid is strained — starting with a 3.2-gigawatt Georgia campus that can shed 1,000 megawatts on request.Zimbo for AI News Page

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OpenAI launched the Grid Protectors Program on Monday, November 2, pledging that the data-center campuses it builds in the United States will cut their electricity use when the local grid is under strain, so families and businesses are not asked to subsidize a compute campus's power needs.

The program's pilot is the planned Effingham County, Georgia campus, known as Project Camellia, expected to need about 3,200 megawatts when fully built. Under a 25-year agreement with Georgia Power, approved by state regulators in August, the utility can trim up to 1,000 megawatts of the campus's demand during high-demand events — flexibility OpenAI says equals the average demand of roughly 700,000 households.

OpenAI says it will negotiate similar arrangements site by site with utilities, regulators and policymakers, and will pay the full infrastructure and electric-service costs of its campuses. The pledge covers campuses OpenAI develops itself, and the company says it will publish further commitments as they are finalized.

The biggest power hog on the block just volunteered to go dim first — politely unplugging itself so the neighbors' lights stay on.

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