OPENAI DATA-CENTER HEAD CHRIS MALONE LEAVES COMPANY Chris Malone, a key executive overseeing OpenAI’s data-center buildout, left the company last week, per WSJ. Malone joined OpenAI in March 2025 shortly after Stargate was announced and previously led data-center strategy at Meta, after holding senior infrastructure roles at Google. His exit follows several recent senior departures, including CRO Denise Dresser, COO Brad Lightcap and former No. 2 executive Fidji Simo. OpenAI has also reshuffled its infrastructure leadership, with Uday Ruddarraju now CTO of computing capacity and former xAI executive Brent Mayo helping oversee project execution. The changes come as OpenAI plans roughly $750B in compute spending through 2030 and recently signed a 10 GW data-center lease in Ohio.