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Future-Proofing Your Data Center: A Strategic Imperative

In 2023, a data center experienced a complete power loss during a scheduled electrical grid maintenance. Less than five months later, that same facility faced another major power outage. However, this time the impact was...more

Cozen O'Connor

Cozen Currents: Who Can Follow Trump?

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"President Donald Trump’s legacy may ultimately depend on which faction of potential candidates his successor comes from and his willingness to weigh in on that choice.”... While only six months into President Trump’s second...more

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Georgia House Special Committee to Shape Long-Term Energy and Water Policy

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On May 22, 2025, the Georgia House of Representatives convened the inaugural meeting of the Special Committee on Resource Management, a group charged with examining how Georgia will manage the long-term demands of population...more

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Powering the Future: Can Nuclear Energy Help California Meet AI’s Soaring Energy Demand?

As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies gain widespread adoption among businesses and consumers across the world, the energy required to power the data centers behind them is increasing at an unprecedented pace. This...more

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UAE’s Stargate – A Defining Moment for Global AI and Infrastructure

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The UAE’s bold move to launch the “Stargate” AI data center in Abu Dhabi by 2026 is more than a technological milestone. It’s a strategic play that reinforces the country’s ambition to lead in AI, digital infrastructure, and...more

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United States Electricity Consumption (1990-2026): U.S. Energy Information Administration Projects Near-Term Increase

The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) issued a May 13th report titled: After more than a decade of little change, U.S. electricity consumption is rising again (“Report”)....more

King & Spalding

Building Data Centers – Key Considerations

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The successful construction of a modern data center requires seamless coordination of expertise in both design and construction, covering a wide range of disciplines including utilities, power distribution, electrical...more

Oliva Gibbs

The Majors Move Forward to Fuel the Growing Demand of AI Data Centers

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In 2023, the Scientific American published an article warning about the shocking amount of electricity that would be used by artificial intelligence (AI). The Scientific American referenced a peer-reviewed analysis published...more

Morgan Lewis

Powering the Future of Data: Infrastructure, Capacity, and Connectivity Considerations

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The demand for data centers, both in the United States and abroad, has been accelerating at an unprecedented pace, driven largely by the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) and other digital applications....more

Data Centers and Digital Infrastructure Lead California’s Commercial Real Estate Market Transformation

The Winter 2025 Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast California Commercial Real Estate Survey highlights significant changes in California’s commercial real estate market, driven by the growing adoption of cloud computing,...more

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From Cloud to Compliance: Legal Essentials for Building and Operating AI-Ready Data Centers

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Driven by the demand for AI-ready cloud infrastructure, the market cap for global data center construction, currently valued at more than $250 billion, is set to double in less than ten years, reaching half a trillion dollars...more

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Powering Data Centers with Nuclear Energy: SC Utility Seeks Private Sector Investment

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Santee Cooper’s recent announcement that it is seeking private-sector proposals to complete South Carolina’s long-stalled V.C. Summer Nuclear Station highlights the innovative solutions needed to meet the unprecedented power...more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update 1.17.25

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President Joe Biden has designated two more national monuments in California, spanning 848,000 acres - the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument. The Chuckwalla National Monument creates...more

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President Biden's Executive Order: Washington Charts New Course for Data Center Expansion

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President Biden's recent executive order marks a pivotal shift in federal policy for digital infrastructure. The directive tasks federal agencies with identifying locations for new private-sector data centers, underscoring...more

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Biden Issues Executive Order to Bolster AI Infrastructure in the U.S.

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On January 14, 2025, President Joe Biden issued an executive order aimed at advancing U.S. leadership in AI infrastructure (the “Order”). This directive seeks to address the growing strategic importance of artificial...more

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Co-Location of Data Centers with Renewable Energy Projects: Legal, Environmental, and Operational Considerations

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The dramatic increase in the use cases for data storage, artificial intelligence and cloud computing have resulted in an atmospheric level rise in the demand for data centers., and the question of providing sufficient power...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

The Rise of Liquid Cooling Technology and Its Impact on Data Center Leases

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In the rapidly evolving data center industry, efficiency, scalability, and sustainability are paramount. As the demand for data processing power continues to surge, driven mainly by AI, traditional cooling methods are being...more

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Energy Updates – January 2, 2025

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Happy New Year! Buckle your seatbelts — it’ll be a wild ride in the energy space in 2025! What’s in a name? Jennifer Hiller at The Wall Street Journal reports that the renewables industry has gone into “defense mode”...more

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AI’s Power Consumption Could Put the Grid — and Energy Regulators — to the Test

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The story of artificial intelligence (“AI”) is one of technological promise and societal challenge, and its impact on the U.S. electric power grid is fast becoming a pivotal chapter. The promise is compelling. AI could...more

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Renewable/Clean Energy Technologies: Commercial Data Centers' Request to Virginia State Corporation Commission Regarding...

A group of data center providers, colocation service providers, and customers of data center facilities (collectively “Data Centers”) with operations in Virginia submitted September 17th comments to the Virginia State...more

Allen Matkins

Sustainable Development Update - July 2016

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Sustainable Development Focus - What does the future hold for green bonds and solar investment? - PV-Tech - Jul 5 - Green bonds first appeared in the market in 2007, with initial issuance from development...more

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