
OpenAI data center expansion continues despite midterm backlash, CFO tells CNBC
OpenAI data center expansion is going ahead, election results or not. Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar told CNBC on Friday that the company will keep pouring money into US data centers to meet customer demand, even after voters used the midterm elections to send a blunt message about the facilities. “When I think about the midterms, I need to keep thinking about how do we keep investing to meet customer demand,” Friar said in the interview, conducted at the Citi TMT Leadership Summit in Pebble Beach, California. ...