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The personnel change puts new leaders in charge of turning OpenAI’s large compute ambitions into data-center capacity and delivered facilities.
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OpenAI’s data-center organization is being reshaped after Chris Malone, who joined in March 2025 following infrastructure roles at Meta and Google, departed. The change comes as the company targets roughly $600 billion in compute spending by 2030—a scale requiring expanded capacity and delivery operations. Sachin Katti now leads the group, while Uday Ruddarraju, Brent Mayo, and Spas Lazarov own data-center, build-and-delivery, and engineering functions.
CNBC reported OpenAI’s roughly $600 billion compute-spending target by 2030; the company has not publicly confirmed that figure.
The Wall Street Journal reported Malone’s reporting line shifted from Greg Brockman to Sachin Katti before his departure.
OpenAI named Uday Ruddarraju, Brent Mayo, and Spas Lazarov to lead data-center operations, delivery, and engineering.
OpenAI is pursuing a reported target to spend roughly $600 billion on compute by 2030. Chris Malone, who led the company’s data center work, has left as OpenAI reorganizes the infrastructure group meant to support that scale.
An OpenAI spokesperson said Malone is no longer with the company. As head of data centers, he helped oversee the company’s buildout. Malone joined OpenAI in March 2025 after data-center infrastructure work at Meta and Google.
CNBC reported that OpenAI’s infrastructure plans include a target to spend roughly $600 billion on compute by 2030.
OpenAI said it recently reorganized its infrastructure organization to support the scale and pace of its work. The company said it has a deeply experienced data-center team with clear leadership and the technical expertise to execute its plans.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Malone’s reporting line moved from OpenAI President Greg Brockman to Vice President Sachin Katti, who took leadership of the group. The Journal also reported that OpenAI appointed a chief technology officer to lead computing capacity.
The Journal also reported, citing unidentified sources, that OpenAI is reviving initiatives involving leases for entire data-center facilities. It said other leaders are directing those efforts in Malone’s place.
Malone’s exit follows other senior changes. Brad Lightcap recently left OpenAI; Fidji Simo stepped down as product and business chief and remains an adviser; and OpenAI replaced Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser after about eight months in the role.
TechCrunch said the reason for Malone’s departure was unclear. OpenAI’s statement focused on the infrastructure reorganization and its remaining data-center team, rather than identifying a cause for his exit.
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