OPENAI DATA CENTER CHIEF EXITS AMID LEADERSHIP SHAKEUP OpenAI’s head of data centers, Chris Malone, left the company last week, adding to a series of senior departures ahead of a planned 2027 IPO. The exit comes as OpenAI ramps up infrastructure investment, projecting roughly $750 billion in computing spending through 2030. OpenAI has also reorganized its infrastructure team while shifting toward leasing entire data centers to secure additional AI computing capacity.(*Walter Bloomberg)