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OpenAI 发布计算校园的网格保护程序
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2026年11月2日，OpenAI 发布电网保护者计划，全国努力安排未来计算校区，在电网紧张时减少电力需求。 格鲁吉亚是起点，计划建立一个埃芬汉姆县校园，并达成一项协议，提供1 000兆瓦的灵活需求对策。
公司将与公用事业、监管机构和决策者合作，制定安排，具体说明可以减少多少需求、速度和时间。 OpenAI 称的术语将因地点而异，目的是使校园的灵活性成为资源公用事业在社区需要时可以使用的目标。
根据当地需要和可用的设备，OpenAI 称还将与电网运营商合作提供现场发电或存储的电力。 电池和电源控制将用来平滑需求的变化。
格鲁吉亚协定和试点
OpenAI承诺支付为埃芬汉姆县项目服务所需的全部基础设施和电力服务费用。 虽然校园仍在开发中，但公司打算作为网格保护者飞行员和称，现有的协议为未来的校园提供了一个模式。
Georgia Power于2026年7月22日宣布，根据25年协议，OpenAI同意提供灵活的需求响应，公用设施可以在某些时期减少提供给设施的能源，以支持电网稳定。 OpenAI7月公布的Camellia 称项目合同电力将在2028年至2032年期间分阶段交付。
格鲁吉亚电力称需求响应资源将使其能够投资于更少的新一代资源，为今后的增长服务，提供长期客户储蓄。 它称该协定是该国最大的单一设施需求响应承诺之一。 OpenAI 称的弹性水平相当于大约70万户家庭的平均电力需求。
客户成本和方案限制
OpenAI 称电力线，分站和其他电网基础设施无论需求低或高，都承担固定成本。 据该公司称，全年稳定的校园需求有助于将这些成本分散到更多的电力销售中，同时在受限制期间减少使用量可以限制满足高峰需求所需的升级，并有助于降低其他客户的成本。 OpenAI同时也是称长期合同和财务保证，如果一个项目被推迟，减少或取消，可以保护其他客户。
2026年8月26日，Georgia Power 称公司批准OpenAI合同，作为与Georgia公共服务委员会监管程序的一部分。 它预测，从2029年开始，每年从包括Camellia项目在内的大型协议组合和预期增长中，而不是仅仅从OpenAI校园中，节省大约9.5亿美元。 公用事业公司估计，一个典型的居住客户每月使用1,000千瓦小时，每月至少可获得15美元的好处。
OpenAI 称校园灵活性不能取代对新能源供应和传输的投资。 它称该方案与这些投资同时运作，而校园则支付他们创造的费用。
OpenAI 称将在最后敲定后分享额外承诺，未来安排旨在反映当地电网需求。 Effingham县校园仍在开发中
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OpenAI Launches Grid Protectors Program for Compute Campuses
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On November 2, 2026, OpenAI launched the Grid Protectors Program, a national effort to arrange for future compute campuses to reduce electricity demand when grids are under strain. Georgia is the starting point, with a planned Effingham County campus and an agreement providing up to 1,000 megawatts of flexible demand response.
The company will work with utilities, regulators and policymakers to develop arrangements specifying how much demand can be reduced, how quickly and for how long. OpenAI said the terms will differ by location, with the goal of making campus flexibility a resource utilities can call on when communities need it.
Depending on local needs and available equipment, OpenAI said it will also work with grid operators to supply power from on-site generation or storage. Batteries and power controls would be used to smooth changes in demand.
Georgia Agreement and Pilot
OpenAI has committed to pay the full infrastructure and electric-service costs required to serve the Effingham County project. Although the campus remains in development, the company intends it to serve as the Grid Protectors pilot and said the existing agreement provides a model for future campuses.
Georgia Power’s July 22, 2026 announcement said the facility was expected to need approximately 3,200 megawatts. Under the 25-year agreement, OpenAI agreed to provide flexible demand response, and the utility can reduce energy delivered to the facility during certain periods to support grid stability. OpenAI’s July disclosure for Project Camellia said the contracted power would be delivered in phases between 2028 and 2032.
Georgia Power said the demand-response resource would allow it to invest in fewer new generation resources to serve future growth, providing long-term customer savings. It described the agreement as among the largest single-facility demand-response commitments in the country. OpenAI said that level of flexibility is equivalent to the average electricity demand of roughly 700,000 households.
Customer Costs and Program Limits
OpenAI said power lines, substations and other grid infrastructure carry fixed costs whether demand is low or high. According to the company, steady year-round campus demand can help spread those costs across more electricity sales, while reducing use during constrained periods can limit upgrades needed to meet peak demand and help keep costs down for other customers. OpenAI also said long-term contracts and financial assurances can protect other customers if a project is delayed, reduced or canceled.
Georgia Power said on August 26, 2026 that the OpenAI contract had been approved as part of the regulatory process with the Georgia Public Service Commission. It projected approximately $950 million in annual customer savings beginning in 2029 from its portfolio of large-load agreements and expected growth, including Project Camellia, rather than from the OpenAI campus alone. The utility estimated a benefit of at least $15 per month for a typical residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours per month.
OpenAI said campus flexibility cannot replace investment in new energy supply and transmission. It described the program as operating alongside those investments while campuses pay the costs they create.
OpenAI said it will share additional commitments as they are finalized, with future arrangements intended to reflect local grid needs. The Effingham County campus remains in development as the program’s planned pilot.
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