US EditionMinnesota senators take up nondisclosure agreements on data centers
The bill unanimously advanced to prohibit NDAs for local officials on data center projects, addressing transparency concerns amid resident pushback and regret over signed agreements.
- On Tuesday, Minnesota senators advanced a bill out of the Senate State and Local Government Committee that would prohibit local officials from entering into nondisclosure agreements for data center projects.
- Sen. Grant Hauschild, DFL-Hermantown, authored the legislation after resident pushback regarding a Google data center project in Hermantown, citing the need for greater transparency in local development.
- Louis County commissioner Annie Harala testified in support, describing her past NDA experience as a "hard and necessary lesson" that created a "wall between me and the people that I represent."
- Sen. Andrew Mathews, R-Princeton, called the bill "very hypocritical" for targeting only data centers while the committee expanded it to include all local government officials, not just elected ones.
- The bill was referred to the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee for further consideration as lawmakers address hyperscale data center projects across Minnesota.
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Duluth News Tribune
Minnesota senators take up nondisclosure agreements on data centers
ST. PAUL — Minnesota senators on Tuesday, March 24, advanced a bill out of the Senate State and Local Government Committee that would prohibit local officials from entering into nondisclosure agreements for data center projects. The bill is one of several that lawmakers have introduced this session in response to hyperscale data centers projects — some from big tech companies — popping up across Minnesota. A similar proposal with bipartisan supp…
Lawmakers advance bills to lift secrecy surrounding data center projects
Bill would prohibit local governments from entering into NDAs with private companies Shay Scanlan Report for Minnesota Lawmakers are moving to require big technology companies to provide more information to the public when they plan to build data centers in Minnesota communities. One measure would prohibit local governments from entering into non-disclosure agreements, or NDAs, with...
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