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City Officials Secretly Signed NDA for Data Center | Birmingham News
Bessemer, Alabama, is under fire after city officials—including the mayor and city attorney—secretly signed a two-year NDA with a developer behind a $14 billion data center project, shielding details from the public until forced to reveal it through legal pressure. Critics blast the move as a betrayal of transparency, especially since the agreement required the city to destroy all records upon expiration and even referenced Georgia law—an unusual twist for a public entity. While city lawyers claim the deal is dead and collaboration plans are now public, legal experts remain skeptical, raising…
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