Amazon and others are done keeping data center deals secret. Is it enough to build trust?
techcrunch.comTheresa Loconsolo
Amazon and Microsoft are ending nondisclosure agreements in data center negotiations with local governments, moving toward greater transparency in AI infrastructure deals. The shift addresses community concerns that have driven hundreds of proposed moratoriums against large-scale data center projects.
Why it mattersReaders building or deploying AI infrastructure need to understand evolving regulatory pressure and transparency expectations; this signals how corporate practices are shifting in response to local government activism.
From the source: Amazon says it will stop using NDAs when negotiating data center deals with local governments, following a similar move from Microsoft earlier this year. Secrecy has fueled community backlash against AI infrastructure, with opposition leading to hundreds of proposed and enacted moratoriums from…Read at techcrunch.com