IN MY OPINION: Confidentiality pact  signed by Port officials commits city to help defend data center lawsuits over secrecy

IN MY OPINION: Confidentiality pact  signed by Port officials commits city to help defend data center lawsuits over secrecy

November 05, 2025

All too often, secrecy and confidentiality carry the day in proceedings of state and local government. In one recent case, the name “Microsoft” on a state Public Service Commission filing was redacted —blocked from public view—along with pages and pages of other information. The redactions served no purpose, as the company’s role in the former Racine County site formerly known as Foxconn had been announced publicly in 2024 by then-President Joe Biden and widely reported.

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