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Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman said the company has stopped using nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) in its dealings with government agencies as it seeks approval to build new data centers.

On Friday, Amazon committed to donating more than $1 billion over the next five years to communities neighboring data centers.

Amazon’s cloud computing division on Friday announced a new effort to temper opposition to data centers in some U.S. communities, while saying the U.S. “can’t afford to lose” the race to dominate artificial intelligence globally. 

A sign opposing a data center development project stands in a neighborhood on September 24, 2026 in Menomonie, Wisconsin. Stephen Maturen/ North Americahide caption

Amazon is investing more than $1 billion over the next five years into communities where it operates data centers for education, job training, water preservation projects and other local priorities as it reacts to a growing backlash from politicians an…

An Amazon Web Services data center is seen on August 26, in Stone Ridge, Virginia. See all topics

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) recently released a proposed Tentative Interim Amendment (TIA) to the 2020, 2023, and 2026 editions of the National Electrical Code (NEC). The TIA was submitted by Andrew Browne, Intertek, and has a comment closing date of October 30, 2026. 

Senate Democrats blocked legislation Wednesday aimed at protecting consumers from paying higher prices when new data centers are built in their communities

A Valar Atomics microreactor is seen on a C-17 aircraft, without nuclear fuel, at March Air Reserve Base in California on Feb. 15. The reactor was transported from March Air Reserve Base to Hill Air Force Base in Utah. Matthew Daly/APhide caption

Residents of a small community in the Poconos are being enticed with the offer of a $10,000 payment — no strings attached — to throw their support behind a developer’s plan for a massive data center campus that has faced staunch opposition in Luzerne County.