NDAs Silence Local Data‑Center Oversight

Large data‑center developers routinely secure nondisclosure agreements with local elected officials, letting major land, power, and water commitments be negotiated privately until approvals are nearly done. That secrecy strips residents of meaningful notice or input, turning village councils into deal‑makers for high‑impact infrastructure without public scrutiny. — If NDAs become standard practice, communities will face repeated democratic deficits and distributional harms (water, electricity, land use) that reshape local politics and national AI infrastructure policy.