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Residents urge transparency on data-center NDAs during public comment
Summary
During public comment May 4, residents asked Rowan County commissioners to stop signing nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) for data-center projects and to release agreements related to the Long Ferry Road site, saying NDAs hide costs and impacts from citizens.
Several residents used the board's public-comment period on May 4 to urge greater transparency around potential data-center development and the use of nondisclosure agreements (NDAs).
Shannon Solomon told commissioners, "Using NDAs on data center projects is not governance. It's an ethics failure. You hide the real costs, power demands, water use, traffic impacts, and massive tax…
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