Garman's statement is just one sentence in a longer blog post in which he tried to push back against widespread suspicion of data centers, and to make the case that they're actually good for communities. NDAs are a significant piece of the broader data center backlash. For example, environmental activist Erin Brockovich recently said that the number one complaint she's heard about data centers is transparency, with these projects following a common pattern: 'projects announced after permits are already secured, developers who don't return calls, local officials who signed NDAs before their neighbors knew a project was being considered.' As a result of that backlash, New York announced a one-year moratorium on permits for large data centers, and according to Garman, there are more than 100 data center moratoriums currently being considered across the United States. 'If these measures are enacted, the U.S. could be writing its own losing ticket to this race, and the consequences would...
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