Amazon Ends Data Center NDAs With Local Governments as AI Backlash Spurs Hundreds of Moratoriums
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Updated · TechCrunch · Oct 9
Amazon Ends Data Center NDAs With Local Governments as AI Backlash Spurs Hundreds of Moratoriums
3 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · Oct 9
Summary
Amazon said it will stop using non-disclosure agreements in data center negotiations with local governments, aligning with a similar Microsoft policy shift earlier this year.
Hundreds of proposed and enacted moratoriums from New York to San Francisco have followed community backlash over secretive AI infrastructure deals, pressuring companies to open the process.
The move targets a key source of local opposition as Amazon and peers race to expand data center capacity for AI, though it remains unclear how much more transparent negotiations will become.