Amazon says it will stop requiring NDAs when negotiating data center deals with local governments, a response to mounting community backlash over AI infrastructure buildout.
Amazon has committed to ending its use of non-disclosure agreements in negotiations with local governments over new data center projects, matching a policy shift Microsoft made earlier this year. The move comes as secrecy around land, power, and tax terms has fueled organized opposition to AI infrastructure projects nationwide.
Community pushback has slowed or blocked several hyperscale projects this year, making deal transparency a practical requirement rather than a goodwill gesture.
Hyperscalers are learning that opaque land and power deals now carry real deployment risk, not just PR risk, as local resistance can delay gigawatt-scale buildouts tied directly to AI training and inference capacity. Expect transparency commitments to become table stakes for any company siting new compute in 2027.
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