Amazon says it will stop using NDAs when negotiating data center deals with local governments, following a similar move from Microsoft earlier this year. Secrecy has fueled community backlash against AI infrastructure, with opposition leading to hundreds of proposed and enacted moratoriums from New York to San Francisco. Meanwhile, a wave of startups is betting that consumers will hand AI agents access […]
Amazon and others are done keeping data center deals secret. Is it enough to build trust?
Watch as Equity discusses 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.
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Amazon stops using NDAs for data center deals, aiming to build trust amid community backlash.
- Amazon ends NDAs in data center deals, following Microsoft's move.
- Community backlash has led to moratoriums on AI infrastructure.
- Startups seek trust to let AI access personal data.
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