Amazon responds to data center backlash, says it no longer uses NDAs
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AWS has stopped using NDAs with government agencies for data center approvals, while more than 100 U.S. data center moratoriums are being considered. For teams shipping LLM systems, the constraint is no longer just GPUs: power, water, transparency fights, and local permitting can delay new capacity and push you to design for regional scarcity, higher cloud costs, and multi-provider fallback.
Amazon no longer requires NDAs for data center approvals with government agencies. This removes a key friction point for local pushback, letting you site new capacity faster and with predictable timelines, but it also means every permit application becomes public the moment it’s filed—expect earlier, louder opposition and tighter scrutiny on power, water, and emissions claims.