OpenAI loses a top data center exec, as stream of high-profile departures continues
OpenAI has lost yet another executive, and the timing of this one stands out in particular given this individual oversaw the execution of the company’s data center strategy. Chris Malone, OpenAI’s former head of data centers, left the company last week, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
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Key Facts
- Fact 1: Malone joined the company not long after the launch of the Stargate Project, a $500 million data center initiative championed by the Trump administration that has sought to develop data centers in the U.S.
- Fact 2: Business Insider recently tallied the total 2026 departure count at 13, with several leaving in just the last month.
- Fact 3: OpenAI’s public listing, originally expected this year, is now reportedly pushed to 2027, and the company is undergoing a kind of reputational vetting that comes with any looming listing.
OpenAI has lost yet another executive, and the timing of this one stands out in particular given this individual oversaw the execution of the company’s data center strategy. Chris Malone, OpenAI’s former head of data centers, left the company last week, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
Malone, who spent nearly five years at Meta and more than a decade at Google before that, joined OpenAI in March of last year, making his tenure relatively short. Malone joined the company not long after the launch of the Stargate Project, a $500 million data center initiative championed by the Trump administration that has sought to develop data centers in the U.S. OpenAI, along with Oracle, Nvidia, SoftBank and Microsoft, is considered a key partner in the effort.
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Original source: TechCrunch
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