OpenAI 不再想用“数据中心”这一称呼。这家 ChatGPT 制造商计划为支撑聊天机器人查询的庞大工厂提出一个更时髦的新名字。OpenAI 发言人周日向《商业内幕》证实，这个新名字是“算力园区”。
OpenAI doesn't want to call them "data centers" anymore. Instead, the ChatGPT maker plans to propose a new, more chic name for the behemoth factories that power your chatbot queries. That new name is "compute campuses," an OpenAI spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider on Sunday.
“算力园区更能描述我们为 AI 所建设基础设施的规模和作用，”该发言人表示。“这些是对算力、能源基础设施和熟练劳动力的长期投资。”尽管关于 AI 数据中心名声不佳的议论很多（皮尤研究中心最近的一项民调发现，54% 的美国人认为 AI 数据中心对环境不利），但改善这一看法的努力大多失败了。数据中心如今已成为中期选举选民关注的主要议题。
"Compute campuses better describes the scale and role of the infrastructure we're building for AI," the spokesperson said. "These are long-term investments in computing, energy infrastructure and skilled work." Though much has been said about the less-than-stellar reputations of AI data centers (a recent Pew Research poll found that 54% of Americans say AI data centers are bad for the environment), efforts to ameliorate that view have mostly failed. Data centers are now a major issue for voters in the midterms.
虽然 Meta、亚马逊和微软等主要数据中心建设商已承诺向其数据中心周边的社区和学校投入数百万美元，但 OpenAI 押注彻底重塑品牌也将有助于扭转舆论。
While major data center builders like Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft have pledged millions of dollars to the communities and schools surrounding their centers, OpenAI is betting that a complete rebrand will also help turn around public opinion.
“我们希望承载这些基础设施的社区能参与塑造它，并分享它创造的机遇，”OpenAI 发言人说。不过，“算力园区”这一说法能否流行开来，时间会给出答案。《Axios》早些时候报道，OpenAI 还在为周二中期选举可能出现的“蓝色浪潮”做准备，这可能导致政府更倾向于监管。
"We want the communities hosting that infrastructure to help shape it and share in the opportunities it creates," the OpenAI spokesperson said. Time will tell, however, if the "compute campus" lingo catches on. Axios earlier reported that OpenAI was also preparing for a blue wave in Tuesday's midterm elections, which could result in a more regulatory-minded government.