Wisconsin Towns Reportedly Signed Secret NDAs for Billion-Dollar Data Center Deals — Microsoft and Meta Hide Behind Confidential Agreements

At least four Wisconsin communities signed secrecy deals for data centers

Click here to read highlights from the story At least four major data center projects in Wisconsin were developed after local community leaders signed a nondisclosure agreement (NDA) with the companies. In Beaver Dam, Meta used two shell companies to develop its project in secret. In one community without a data center NDA, DeForest, the village president offered misleading comments to the public about how long officials knew about the proposa…

Wisconsin towns reportedly signed secret NDAs for billion-dollar data center deals — Microsoft and Meta hide behind confidential agreements

At least four Wisconsin municipalities are understood to have signed underhanded nondisclosure agreements concerning new data centers while negotiating their development.

At Least Four Wisconsin Communities Signed Secrecy Deals for Billion-Dollar Data Centers

Massive data center proposals are often developed in secret. Wisconsin has now joined several states with legislative proposals to make the process more transparent. By Tom Kertscher Wisconsin Watch Editor’s note: On Jan. 27, the village government in DeForest announced that a data center “is not feasible,” indicating that the previously proposed project will not move forward. […] The post At Least Four Wisconsin Communities Signed Secrecy Deals…