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Renewable Energy Update 10.17.24

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved a proposal from the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) to reform its generator interconnection process, including a provision that critics say gives...more

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Powering AI Data Centers: Government and Industry Leaders Scramble to Develop Energy Infrastructure to Meet Growing Demand

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In September 2024, government officials and private industry leaders announced that Three Mile Island, the Pennsylvania power plant that was the site of the nation’s most severe commercial nuclear accident, will be reopened...more

Cozen O'Connor

Cozen Currents: Getting Down to Brass Tacks on Tax Reform

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The Cozen Lens - · Tax reform will be the top legislative issue next year regardless of who wins the elections and Congress, not the White House, will be the ones in the driver’s seat. · The Supreme Court begins its...more

Goldberg Segalla

Betting on a power-industry glow-up, Big Tech goes nuclear to stop A.I.-driven energy meltdown

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Artificial Intelligence is Big Tech’s newest toy. However, AI also requires massive amounts of energy to operate, which puts the industry’s climate commitments at risk. The sprawling data centers that Microsoft and other...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

AI Data Center Task Force-Integrating Security from the Start

In response to the rapid growth of AI technology, the White House has launched the AI Data Center Task Force, a strategic initiative aimed at advancing the development of data centers. These facilities are set to play a...more

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Big Data Meets Big Green: Data Centers and Carbon Removal Compete for Zero-Emission Energy

Artificial intelligence, data centers, carbon removal and zero-emission power may sound like a winning line (plus the Free Space) on a 2024 Buzzword Bingo card. But the concepts have come into dramatic real-world tension as...more

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Big Tech’s Investment in Geothermal Energy Continues to Heat Up

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On August 26, Sage Geosystems announced an agreement to supply Meta with 150 MW of geothermal power. Sage will use its proprietary Geopressured Geothermal System (GGS) to provide carbon-free power for Meta’s data centers....more

Fenwick & West LLP

Access Control and Emerging Tech Remain Top Priorities in BIS Regulatory Agenda

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The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has published its spring 2024 regulatory agenda along with the rest of the Commerce Department. Of note is the continued focus on access to emerging technology, particularly relating...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Nuclear SMR Powered Data Centres: The Answer to Europe’s Looming Grid Crisis?

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The emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) is driving a surge in demand for power-hungry data centre capacity in Europe. This demand faces a number of obstacles including grid capacity constraints and an energy...more

ArentFox Schiff

Fortifying Your Data Center Lease: Key Considerations in Data Center Leasing

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The data center market has seen remarkable growth, reaching unprecedented levels in 2023 and is largely fueled by advances in cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI). In response to growing demand, US tech giants...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Landslide Election Victory for UK Labour Party Marks Seismic Shift in UK’s Political Terrain

The Labour Party outlines areas of potential focus for the next UK Parliament. The UK Labour Party won a sizeable parliament majority in the UK general election on July 4, 2024, as it took 411 of the 650 seats in the UK...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

M&A Insights and Outlooks: A Conversation with Katie Balson of Origin Merchant Partners

To help businesses, investors, and deal professionals better understand the evolving M&A market, Robert Connolly – a partner in and leader of LP’s Corporate Practice Group – shares a series of conversations with M&A experts....more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

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

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

AI Infrastructure Driving Increased IT Spending

Worldwide IT spending is forecast to total more than $5 trillion in 2024, with 10% year-on-year growth of spending on data center systems, according to recent analysis from Gartner. The increasing adoption of artificial...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Will AB 50 and SB 410 Actually Result in Faster Electric Service for Data Centers (and Everything Else) in California?

California is in a rush to electrify everything. The rapid conversion of appliances such as furnaces, water heaters, ovens, and dryers from natural gas to electricity and the proliferation of electric vehicles (EVs) –...more

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Data Center Investment Opportunities

Due to the rapidly increasing amount of data generated and consumed on the internet, an opportunity exists for commercial real estate investors, lenders, developers, green energy providers and others to develop data center...more

Gould + Ratner LLP

Constructing a Data Center: 2023 Update

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Although there is a recent trend of employees returning to the office on a more regular basis, continued reliance on and demand for data centers that help support remote and hybrid work only appear to be increasing. For...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Computing on the Edge

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Thomas Friedman's 2005 book titled The World is Flat discussed how globalization and technology flatten barriers to entry, making the world more competitive. From 2005 to 2021, there is no shortage of examples to highlight...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Retail and Tech in a Post-COVID World

2020 marked a monumental shift in consumer behavior, with the retail industry particularly affected by the global spread of COVID-19. Between nationwide quarantines and the looming threat of disease, retailers had to adapt...more

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