Sachin Katti, who joined OpenAI from Intel in November 2025 to lead large-scale data center projects, is stepping down from his operational role but will remain an advisor after November 15, 2026. Uday Ruddarraju, a former xAI executive and CTO of Compute at OpenAI since July 2026, is taking over the company’s infrastructure and compute divisions. OpenAI’s projected compute spending has now risen to approximately $750 billion through 2030, up from the previously estimated $600 billion. This transition comes amid a pattern of frequent turnover in the data center team, with several notable departures in 2026.
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