From the News&Observer, in Raleigh, NC, a piece that claims Google was heavy handed in its negotiations with local officials over a data center. It may be a case of over sensitive officials playing to the local press, but it does remind me of behavior I covered back in the 90s, from Microsoft.
Google muscled N.C. officials
Records show company was forceful about tax breaks and secrecy
Google tried to silence lawmakers and pushed — at times with a heavy hand — to influence legislation designed to bring the company to Caldwell County.
The company demanded that legislators never speak its name, and had them scolded when word of its interest in North Carolina leaked out, according to records made public this week.