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Amazon confirms it will stop tapping NDAs when negotiating data center agreements with local governments
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Key facts
- Secrecy has fueled community backlash against AI infrastructure, with opposition leading to hundreds of proposed and enacted moratoriums from New York to San Francisco
- Amazon says it will stop using NDAs when negotiating data center deals with local governments, following a similar move from Microsoft earlier this year
Summary
Amazon says it will stop using NDAs when negotiating data center deals with local governments, following a similar move from Microsoft earlier this year. On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Anthony Ha, Sean O’Kane, and Rebecca Bellan dig into whether ditching NDAs will change how data center deals get done, why trust may be the real product for personal AI startups, plus a couple of deals of the week.