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Jones Day

Powering the Future: Navigating the New Era of Data Centre Development

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The rapid advancement and adoption of new technologies, including artificial intelligence ("AI"), is fundamentally transforming the data centre landscape. The demand for high-performance data centres capable of supporting...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Transportation Sector Outlook: Key Trends and Developments to Watch

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The transportation sector is undergoing rapid change driven by infrastructure funding priorities, environmental policy battles, and evolving domestic manufacturing mandates. ...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Power Up: What the AI Action Plan Means for the Energy Sector

July’s “Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan,” released by the White House, contains helpful recommendations for the energy sector as the use of AI becomes more prevalent and, with it, the need for more energy. The plan...more

Hogan Lovells

New technical standard for Natural Gas Pipelines: NOM-020-ASEA-2024 officially published

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New Standard: The newly issued NOM-020-ASEA-2024 regulates the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of onshore natural gas and ethane transportation pipelines. ...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

Creating Safer Schools: A Strategic, Inclusive, and Budget-Conscious Approach

Across the country, school leaders continue to face the pressing challenge of how to enhance safety without exhausting already tight budgets. It’s a difficult balancing act; one that requires not just smarter technology or...more

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AI Legal Watch: September 2

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Recently, the United States released America’s AI Action Plan. Shortly after, at the 2025 World AI Conference, the Chinese government released its own AI Action Plan. While there are significant overlaps between the two plans...more

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The Construction Gigaprojects Report

What is a construction “gigaproject,” beyond an amped-up marketing term for the comparatively modest “megaprojects”? Think initiatives with expenses of well over $1 billion and time periods of well over five years. Think...more

Baker Donelson

FEMA Act of 2025 – Part II: Spotlight on Proposed FEMA Mitigation Reforms

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Executive Summary - As we discussed in Part I of this series on the proposed Fixing Emergency Management for Americans Act of 2025 (H.R. 4669) (FEMA Act), the House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Federal Government Launches Platform for AI Experimentation

Calling it the “infrastructure for America’s AI future,” the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) recently launched USAi, a secure generative artificial intelligence evaluation suite enabling federal agencies to share a...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Making Up the Deficit: The Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve and Australia’s Unrealised Critical Minerals Production Potential

In April 2025, the Albanese Government pledged A$1.2 billion to establish a Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve (Strategic Reserve). Currently in early stages, the Strategic Reserve is anticipated to be operational in the...more

Morgan Lewis

The AI Data Center Boom: Key Insurance Coverage Considerations for Complex Risks

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The burgeoning AI industry has sparked a surge in data center projects across the United States, a trend likely to be further accelerated by measures recently announced by the US administration as part of its AI Action Plan....more

Kilpatrick

4 Key Takeaways | Digital Transformation – AI and Silicon Valley Mindset as Drivers for Innovation

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Kilpatrick’s Siegmar Pohl, a partner in the firm’s San Francisco and Walnut Creek Offices, was a panelist on at the 10th German American Business Forum in Munich, entitled “Digital Transformation – AI and Silicon Valley...more

Ankura

Unified Defense: Collaboration to Secure Critical Infrastructure

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Securing national critical infrastructure is similar to securing a network enterprise. Each sector of infrastructure, network component, or branch of government depends on the other. Understanding those interdependencies,...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Built to Last: The Resilient Infrastructure Challenge

As climate change, geopolitical instability, cyber threats and surging demand place more pressure on infrastructure, governments, investors and operators must rethink what it means for assets to be truly resilient....more

Baker Donelson

The "FEMA Act of 2025" – Spotlight on Proposed FEMA Public Assistance Program Reforms

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Executive Summary - The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee introduced H.R. 4669, the Fixing Emergency Management for Americans (FEMA) Act of 2025 ("FEMA Act") on July 22, 2025. The bipartisan bill, if passed,...more

King & Spalding

PPP Projects: Challenges and Opportunities

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Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are an attractive option for public procurers seeking to deliver large-scale infrastructure projects. They offer a number of potential benefits over traditional procurement strategies if...more

Goodwin

America’s AI Action Plan Emphasizes Governance and Risk Management to Promote the Secure and Safe Adoption of AI Tools

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On July 23, 2025, the Trump Administration released its AI Action Plan (“the Plan”), a long-anticipated roadmap for the federal government’s approach to AI governance that presents a number of implications for businesses...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Breaking the Cycle: Flooding, Infrastructure, and Climate Law in Practice

In this episode, AGG Real Estate of counsel Caroline Magee is joined by Emory Law professor and former Navy JAG officer, Mark Nevitt, for a thoughtful discussion on the legal and practical challenges of climate resilience in...more

McGuireWoods LLP

The New Frontier: Data Centers, AI & Insurance Implications

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Amazon’s recent announcement to invest at least $20 billion in cloud computing and AI data center campuses across Pennsylvania—a record‑breaking private investment in the Commonwealth—marks a turning point in digital...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Navigating IP Risks in Emerging Clean Energy Technologies

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The evolution of grid management strategies to accommodate the increased adoption of renewable energy sources has led to a significant rise in both patent filings and patent disputes. An increased proportion of a grid's power...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Trump Administration’s AI Action Plan and New Executive Orders Offer Strategic Opportunities and Legal Risks for Private...

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Key Point: “Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan,” the Trump Administration’s summary approach to federal artificial intelligence (AI) policy, and three new Executive Orders (EO) propose a wide-ranging federal strategy...more

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Engineering Cyber Resilience: Lessons from the Tallinn Mechanism

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When the lights stayed on in Kyiv during a wave of missile attacks in early 2024, Ukrainian officials quietly acknowledged a second line of defense that received far less public attention than the nation’s air-defense...more

Paul Hastings LLP

White House Releases AI Action Plan: "Winning the Race: America's AI Action Plan"

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On July 23, the White House released its strategic action plan on AI, “Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan” (the AI Action Plan), which is designed to secure U.S. global leadership in AI with a strategic focus on...more

Phelps Dunbar

How Can Companies Guard Against Rising Nation-State Cyber Threats?

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The messages from government agencies and cybersecurity leaders at the end of June were clear – nation-state-sponsored cybersecurity threats are on the rise. Pro-Iranian “hacktivists” are targeting U.S. infrastructure and...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Five Key Legal Considerations for Investments in Engineering and Design Firms

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As the demand for infrastructure assets continues to grow, infrastructure investors are increasingly looking beyond traditional core infrastructure assets and turning their attention to infrastructure services businesses....more

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