Amazon drops data center NDAs, and AI agents want your credit card

Key points

• Amazon says it will stop using non-disclosure agreements when negotiating data center deals with local governments. The move follows a similar decision by Microsoft earlier this year.
• Secrecy has fuelled community backlash against AI infrastructure, with opposition leading to hundreds of proposed and enacted moratoriums across the United States.
• A podcast episode of TechCrunch's Equity examines whether dropping these agreements will change how such deals are made.