OpenAI lost its top data center exec amid 13 executive departures this year. Here is what infrastructure churn at a frontier lab actually does to the apps you ship.

Chris Malone, OpenAI's head of data centers, has left the company amid a wave of executive departures as the AI giant prepares for a potential

OpenAI has confirmed that Chris Malone, its head of data centres, has left. According to the WSJ, others now lead a revived leasing effort.

Chris Malone, OpenAI's data center chief, departed after joining in March 2025