Chris Malone left OpenAI last week, the Wall Street Journal reported, adding to a tally of more than a dozen senior exits in 2026

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