内容来源：https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/01/openai-might-rebrand-its-data-centers-as-ai-compute-campuses/

内容总结：

据Axios报道，OpenAI正筹备在周二中期选举后发起一场“公关闪电战”。目前民主党似乎有望夺回众议院，甚至可能拿下参议院。OpenAI全球事务负责人克里斯·莱汉向Axios表示，中期选举将成为“2028年大选的预告片”，他预计人工智能将成为那届总统选举的核心议题。为此，OpenAI计划影响未来的AI辩论方向，莱汉提出了多项主张，包括制定AI“限速”机制、帮助公众认识到AI对日常生活的赋能作用、推动美国参与全球标准制定——以及将数据中心重新包装为“AI算力园区”。莱汉还将围绕数据中心的争论形容为“良性且健康的”，这场争论已促使亚马逊和微软表态不再在与地方政府的谈判中使用保密协议。他表示：“社区应当让企业承担责任、接受问责，从而真正从这些项目中获得变革性收益。”

中文翻译：

数据中心很不受欢迎。但如果我们给它们换个名字呢？
Axios报道称，OpenAI正准备在周二中期选举后发动一场“公关闪电战”，因为民主党似乎有望夺回众议院，甚至可能连参议院也一并拿下。
该公司首席全球事务官克里斯·莱汉对Axios表示，中期选举将“有点像2028年大选的预告片”，他预计届时人工智能将成为总统选举中的“核心议题”。
因此，OpenAI打算影响未来的AI辩论走向。莱汉讨论了几项提议，包括为AI制定“限速”；想办法让人们看到AI在日常生活中赋予他们的能力；推动美国在制定全球标准方面发挥作用——以及，没错，把数据中心重新包装为“AI算力园区”。
莱汉还将围绕数据中心的讨论（这场辩论已促使亚马逊和微软表示，他们将不再在与地方政府的谈判中使用保密协议）形容为“良性且健康的”。
他说：“社区应当让企业承担责任、接受问责，这样他们才能真正从这些项目中获得变革性的益处。”

英文来源：

Data centers are deeply unpopular. But what if we called them something else?
Axios reports that OpenAI is preparing a “PR blitz” for after the midterm elections on Tuesday, as Democrats seem likely to win back the House of Representatives, and possibly the Senate, too.
The company’s chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane told Axios that the midterms will be “a bit of a movie trailer for what you’re going to see in 2028,” when he expects AI to be “the issue” in the presidential election.
So OpenAI is to influence the AI debate moving forward, with Lehane discussing several proposals, including the development of AI “speed limits”; finding ways to help people see AI as empowering them in their daily lives; pushing the U.S. to take a role in developing global standards — and yes, rebranding data centers as “AI compute campuses.”
Lehane also described the conversation around data centers (a debate that has pushed Amazon and Microsoft to say they will no longer use NDAs in their negotiations with local governments) as “good and healthy.”
“Communities should hold companies responsible and accountable so they really and truly get a transformative benefit from these projects,” he said.