Data centers, nondisclosure agreements, & secrets in rural communities

We read a half dozen articles this week about how nondisclosure agreements with data center developments are causing waves with local communities It’s going to be an ongoing issue. 

Jane Kirtley, a professor of media law and ethics at the University of Minnesota, said “ In smaller communities where there’s often less oversight, where fewer media are paying attention to it and fewer citizens participating, councils can get away with an awful lot of secrecy for a very long time without anybody complaining about it.”

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