Amazon Web Services is making two notable moves, ending the use of nondisclosure agreements with government agencies on data center projects while releasing an open source AI decision model aimed at cheaper, faster agent automation.
AWS CEO Matt Garman said in a blog post that the company no longer signs NDAs with the agencies it works with when seeking data center approvals. Transparency has become a central complaint in the wider backlash, with environmental activist Erin Brockovich saying projects often surface only after permits are secured and local officials have signed NDAs. New York has imposed a one-year moratorium on large data center permits, and Garman said more than 100 similar moratoriums are under consideration nationwide, warning that enacting them could cost the U.S. the AI race for generations.
Garman also challenged what he called four myths about data centers. He said direct data center water use accounts for 0.5% of U.S. industrial consumption,…
