AWS's CEO says Amazon no longer requires non-disclosure agreements tied to its data center projects, responding to growing community suspicion over secretive builds.
Amazon Web Services' CEO publicly addressed mounting local opposition to data center construction, stating the company has dropped its use of NDAs in these projects. The statement is a direct response to community backlash that has framed hyperscaler secrecy as adversarial to local residents and officials.
The admission implicitly confirms NDAs were standard practice until now, a detail likely to fuel further scrutiny of how AI infrastructure buildouts have negotiated with local governments over land, water, and power.
Data center siting is becoming a political liability as communities push back on water use, power draw, and opaque local deals, and transparency concessions like this are now a cost of doing business for hyperscalers. Any company scaling AI infrastructure needs a public affairs strategy for local buy-in, not just capital.
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