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Good morning. Amazon Web Services says it has stopped requiring nondisclosure agreements with government agencies during the approval process for new data centers, a notable concession from the industry's largest cloud provider as community opposition to these facilities keeps intensifying. AWS CEO Matt Garman framed the move as a response to the most persistent complaint lobbed at data center developers nationwide: that projects get approved before residents or officials ever see the full picture, with permits locked in and NDAs keeping details under wraps until it's too late to object. Garman's blog post also pushed back on claims about water use, electricity costs, and local economic benefit, but the NDA disclosure is the one with teeth, since it touches directly on how these deals get done rather than just how they're perceived. The timing matters too, with opposition to data centers now spreading well beyond the U.S. and tens of billions of dollars in projects facing delays or cancellation. Transparency has become the central fault line in whether the AI buildout keeps its social license to operate. Below: today's five recent stories across markets, AI, policy, and security. | |||||
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