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compute campus
also AI compute campus or GPU compute campus
Definition of compute campus
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: a large, integrated site built to supply AI or high-performance computing, typically combining multiple data-center buildings with power generation or grid connections, substations, cooling, networking, security, and support facilities
- The proposed compute campus would place GPU halls, substations, cooling systems, and on-site power generation within one coordinated development.
- Residents asked how much electricity and water the new AI compute campus would require before construction began.
Two meanings, one word
In everyday English
A campus is a group of buildings and shared facilities arranged as one site, most often for a university or company.
In AI
A large, integrated site built to supply AI or high-performance computing, typically combining multiple data-center buildings with power generation or grid connections…
Origin & history
Compute campus appeared in the names and descriptions of large AI-infrastructure projects by 2025, including the Monarch Compute Campus in West Virginia. In November 2026, OpenAI promoted compute campuses as a broader label for the large facilities that run AI services, bringing the phrase into mainstream technology and political coverage.
Editorial references
Sources & further reading
- The largest AI data center campuses will soon be a fifth the size of Manhattan↗ Epoch AI · 2025-11-19
- OpenAI might rebrand its data centers as ‘AI compute campuses’↗ TechCrunch · 2026-11-01
- OpenAI wants everyone to call AI data centers 'compute campuses'↗ Business Insider via Yahoo Tech · 2026-11-01
- Box Elder County MIDA Project Area Land Use Code↗ Utah Public Notice Website · 2026-04-29
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"Compute campus." AI Dictionary, Dadgogo, https://dadgogo.com/dictionary/compute-campus/. Accessed 2 Nov. 2026.