OpenAI CFO称公司将不因中期选举结果停止投资AI数据中心
OpenAI will keep investing in AI data centers despite election results, CFO tells CNBC
OpenAI首席财务官Sarah Friar表示，即使选民在中期选举中反对数据中心开发，公司仍将继续投资人工智能基础设施，以满足客户需求。她称，公司将继续与社区建立信任，并通过筹集资本支持投资。Ballotpedia与CNBC汇总的结果显示，10个州的41项地方投票措施中，除一项外，选民均支持限制数据中心或否决促进其发展的措施。
Sarah Friar, OpenAI CFO, speaking to CNBC from Pebble Beach, Calif. on Nov. 6th, 2026.
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OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar on Friday said the company will continue to invest in artificial intelligence infrastructure, even after voters strongly rebuked data centers during Tuesday's midterm elections.
"When I think about the midterms, I need to keep thinking about how do we keep investing to meet that customer demand," Friar told CNBC's Sara Eisen in an interview at the Citi TMT Leadership Summit at California's Pebble Beach. "It starts early with having built relationships with all of the hyperscalers, and it will continue to mean that we raise capital."
Out of 41 local ballot measures across 10 states, voters backed restrictions or rejected pro-development measures for all but one, according to an analysis by Ballotpedia and additional results gathered by CNBC on Wednesday. Opposition to the facilities mounted swiftly over the summer as Americans grew worried about their potential to harm the environment raise utility bills and contribute to job loss.
OpenAI depends on data centers to train its AI models and serve customers, and Friar said she doesn't think the midterms dramatically changed anything for the company.
"If the midterm means more focus on data centers and communities, we're going to keep doing the work to get into those communities and to build trust with them," Friar said.
Investors have turned skeptical on the AI trade of late due to a combination of higher borrowing costs, concerns about soaring debt and public backlash towards the industry. The Nasdaq on Thursday suffered its steepest drop in 19 months, led by a plunge in shares of the chipmakers and neoclouds most closely tied to the AI buildout.
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