Amazon Says It’s No Longer Using NDAs for Data Centers

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What happened

The company announced it has stopped using secret agreements with county officials and acknowledged that community backlash is leading to data center moratoriums across the country.

Key facts

  • Reported by WIRED and published Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:47:58 UTC.

Why it matters

Platform, chip and AI decisions set the terms other companies have to build on, so a single announcement here tends to ripple through products, supply chains and regulation.

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  • Responses from regulators and competing platforms

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When each newsroom published on this story, oldest first — all times UTC.

  1. Amazon Says It’s No Longer Using NDAs for Data Centers

  2. Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash

  3. Sanders introduces bill to ban the federal government from using Flock

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