谷歌取消数据中心建设中要求地方官员签署保密协议的做法，跟进亚马逊、微软

Google will no longer require local officials to sign nondisclosure agreements when it looks to build data centers, joining [Amazon](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-data-centers-built-together) and [Microsoft](https://www.wpr.org/news/microsoft-to-stop-using-ndas-with-local-governments-for-data-center-development) in stopping a practice that activists decried as nontransparent.

The moves are among steps Google and other companies are taking to contend with pushback over the construction of data centers from local communities and politicians who’ve blocked projects because of [fears](https://www.theinformation.com/articles/data-center-bans-top-500-new-york-texas-join-pushback) about rising utility prices, noise and other issues. Critics said the NDAs [prevented](https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-says-it-is-going-to-stop-using-ndas-for-data-centers/) officials from sharing information on the local impact of these projects with the public.

A Google spokesperson confirmed the decision to The Information, pointing to a recently published [company post](https://datacenters.google/our-approach/) detailing its strategy to build data centers that mentioned the decision.

Google CFO Ruth Porat [wrote](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ruth-porat_at-google-weve-had-the-privilege-of-partnering-ugcPost-7516635396152332288-IIcn/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABsquOkB-ajP8oHq4P1_HYH_sM0-8Q9CSTo) on LinkedIn on Friday that data centers were “a controversial and complex topic right now,” but that Google was “focused on ensuring we build them the right way.”
The company will no longer require state and local governments to sign NDAs about projects, joining Amazon and Microsoft in ending the practice after criticism.