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President Trump Signs Three Executive Orders Relating to Artificial Intelligence

Paul Hastings LLP on 8/8/2025

On July 23, 2025, just hours after releasing the AI Action Plan, President Donald Trump signed three executive orders aimed at accelerating data center construction, expanding the global reach of U.S. AI technology and...more

Shipping and Energy Newsletter - Summer 2025

Haynes Boone on 8/7/2025

In this edition, we explore some of the strategic questions shaping conversations in the energy sector today and provide you with tools and information that will be helpful when entering into contracts....more

The Site Report - Construction Law Insights, Issue 6, June 2025

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 8/6/2025

Welcome to our sixth issue of The Site Report for 2025! In this edition, we address Pennsylvania and Amazon's newest data center project, one of North Carolina’s largest-ever economic development announcements, how the...more

CoreWeave’s $9 Billion Acquisition of Core Scientific

Mogin Law LLP on 8/5/2025

AI-sector deal gives CoreWeave control over Core Scientific’s data centers, bolstering its support of compute-intensive workloads. CoreWeave, a cloud infrastructure provider focused on AI workloads, announced its acquisition...more

Trump Administration’s AI Action Plan to Promote the U.S. AI Industry Through Deregulation, Expanded Infrastructure, and Diplomacy

Alston & Bird on 8/4/2025

Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team breaks down the three “pillars” of the Trump Administration’s AI action plan to foster innovation and growth domestically and abroad in the U.S. artificial intelligence sector....more

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 6, Issue 7, July 2025

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 8/1/2025

Welcome to our seventh issue of 2025 of Decoded - our technology law insights e-newsletter. What does the US GENIUS Act Mean for Stablecoins? “The White House categorically states it is a historic piece of legislation that...more

The AI Action Plan and Its Key Implementations - AI: The Washington Report

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints on 7/30/2025

The Trump administration released the AI Action Plan last week, unveiling a new roadmap to AI dominance and global leadership for the US. It highlights actions that remove regulatory barriers to prioritize developing AI...more

New Federal AI Action Plan Prioritizes Deregulation, Infrastructure, and Global Leadership

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 7/29/2025

The White House released on July 23, 2025, Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan (“AI Action Plan”) pursuant to President Trump’s Executive Order 14179, Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial...more

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

Husch Blackwell LLP on 7/28/2025

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

White House Launches AI Action Plan and Executive Orders to Promote Innovation, Infrastructure, and International Diplomacy and...

Wiley Rein LLP on 7/25/2025

On July 23, 2025, the White House released the much anticipated AI Action Plan (Action Plan), along with three accompanying Executive Orders (EO). The Action Plan—entitled Winning the Race: America’s AI Action...more

AI on the Prize: Trump Unveils His Vision for American AI Leadership

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 7/25/2025

On Wednesday, July 23, President Trump released his long-anticipated artificial intelligence (AI) policy agenda, “Winning the AI Race: America’s AI Action Plan” (“Action Plan”). The Action Plan follows a January executive...more

President Trump’s “America’s AI Action Plan,” is Set to Fundamentally Shape AI in the U.S.

Kilpatrick on 7/24/2025

On July 23, 2025, President Trump unveiled “America’s AI Action Plan.” As noted in the related announcement by the White House, “the Plan identifies over 90 Federal policy actions across three pillars—Accelerating Innovation,...more

Amazon and Pennsylvania Join the Leaders in Pursuing Creative, Renewable Solution to Data Center Energy Requirements

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 6/20/2025

As the popularity and use of language learning models such as Chat-GPT and Co-Pilot and other Artificial Intelligence (AI) products rapidly expand and as data centers continue to search for building and electric capacity to...more

Currents - Energy Law Insights, V 9, Issue 6, June 2025

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 6/20/2025

Welcome to our sixth issue of Currents 2025. We are covering a multitude of issues in this edition, but we want to pass along a couple of announcements first. Again, thank you for reading! Amazon and Pennsylvania Join the...more

Navigating The EU’s New Digital Regulatory Landscape: What Data Centre Operators and Investors Need to Know

DLA Piper on 5/21/2025

The European Union has ushered in a new era of digital regulation that will significantly impact the data centre industry. With the introduction of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act, the new Network and Information Systems...more

PFAS, HFCs and Related Chemicals in the Data Center Industry

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 5/6/2025

Data centers use various chemicals that have recently been the focus of regulatory efforts at the federal and state level. The historic or future use of these chemicals may create liabilities, obligations, or new costs for...more

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 6, Issue 4, April 2025

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 4/24/2025

Welcome to our fourth issue of 2025 of Decoded - our technology law insights e-newsletter. We hope you enjoy this issue and thank you for reading. Sector by Sector: How Data Breaches are Wrecking Bottom Lines - “Data...more

Powering Africa’s Digital Future: The Challenge of Energy for Data Center Development

Bracewell LLP on 4/17/2025

As the global economy increasingly digitizes, the infrastructure supporting this shift must evolve accordingly. In Africa, where the demand for digital services is surging — fueled by mobile penetration, fintech innovation,...more

AI in water management: Balancing innovation and consumption

White & Case LLP on 3/28/2025

Communities across the globe are facing water scarcity and water management issues which are intensified in many regions by the impacts of population growth, urbanization and climate change. Developments in artificial...more

Powering the Digital Future: The Rise of Data Centers in the Middle East

Morgan Lewis on 3/24/2025

The Middle East is experiencing a transformative surge in its data center industry, driven by digital transformation, the widespread adoption of cloud services, and strategic investments in artificial intelligence (AI). The...more

Powering the Digital Future: Navigating the Nuclear Option for Data Centers

Womble Bond Dickinson on 2/27/2025

Modern data centers are the foundation of our information society and now use artificial intelligence to generate new forms of machine intelligence and learning – though at the cost of considerable energy consumption. Their...more

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

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 2/7/2025

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

BIS Issues Interim Final Rule on Artificial Intelligence Diffusion as Biden Exits

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 2/5/2025

On January 13, 2025, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an Interim Final Rule (IFR) that expands controls on advanced computing integrated circuits (ICs or chips) and model weights...more

Trump, Tech Leaders Announce AI Infrastructure Investment Plan, Boon to Data Center Industry

McGuireWoods LLP on 1/23/2025

On Jan. 21, 2025, President Donald Trump, alongside OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison and Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son, announced a private sector plan to invest billions of dollars in artificial intelligence...more

Trump’s $20B Data Center Investment Announcement Underscores the Race for Data Center Capacity

Morgan Lewis on 1/10/2025

Ahead of his inauguration at the end of January, President-elect Donald Trump announced that Damac Properties, controlled by Emirati billionaire Hussain Sajwani, will make at least a $20 billion investment to build data...more

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