# Datacenter developers want your backyard. FAS says negotiate harder

DevFeed: [Datacenter developers want your backyard. FAS says negotiate harder](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/datacenter-developers-want-your-backyard-fas-says-negotiate-harder-21629.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/09/14/datacenter-developers-want-your-backyard-fas-says-negotiate-harder/5296308>)

Author: Dan Robinson

Published: 2026-09-14T17:26:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [www.theregister.com - Articles](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/www-theregister-com-articles.md>)

Topics: [datacenter](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datacenter.md>), [on-prem](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/on-prem.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [community-benefits-agreements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community-benefits-agreements.md>), [data-center-policy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-center-policy.md>), [datacenter](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/datacenter.md>), [datacenters](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/datacenters.md>), [federation-of-american-scientists](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/federation-of-american-scientists.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [on-prem](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/on-prem.md>), [report](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/report.md>)

## AI overview

A report advises local officials to negotiate carefully with datacenter developers before approving projects, focusing on tax breaks, water use, noise, and decommissioning obligations.

## Source excerpt

Tax breaks, water, noise, decommissioning - report tells local officials what to nail down before signing