: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Construction of a $16 billion data center in Saline, Michigan, developed by Related Digital for Oracle and OpenAI.

OpenAI has backed a new set of measures the company says will give communities a greater say in data center development, according to a policy announcement shared with POLITICO.

The framework shows how one of the world's leading artificial intelligence labs is attempting to reconcile public opposition to the infrastructure with Silicon Valley's need to keep building data centers to support artificial intelligence development.

In its new proposal, aimed at local, state and federal officials, the AI giant said state utility providers should require large electricity customers to cover the costs they add to the grid and protect other customers if a project falls through.…