As we have previously written, the rise in data center development has significantly increased predicted electricity demand. As a reliable, carbon-free source of base load power with an average capacity factor of 93% in the…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Science, Computers, & Technology
Buoyed by robust demand for large parcels of undeveloped land, the rise of artificial intelligence workloads, and the game-changing role that hyperscalers are playing, the real estate market for data centers is in a strong…
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/ Environmental Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate - Commercial, Science, Computers, & Technology, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Tariff and trade policy in the United States is poised to affect nearly every industry, and data centers are no exception. Data centers built in the United States need to be outfitted, and much of that equipment comes from…
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/ Construction Law, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
As experienced investors in Japanese real estate know, the Tokutei Mokuteki Kaisha (TMK) is the Japanese entity used by most investors to acquire and hold large real estate assets due to its favorable tax treatment. It is also…
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/ Business Organizations, Real Estate - Commercial, Taxation
The UK government published on April 1 a policy statement setting out its proposals for the much-anticipated Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (the Bill). The proposals include bringing data centers and managed service…
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/ Administrative Law, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
Electric utilities across the country are forecasting higher than normal power demands in their service territories, driven in large part by the power needs of data centers. The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Lawrence…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity involving data centers and digital infrastructure had a record year in 2024, and all signs point to that trend continuing in 2025. Market strategies and capital raising in this space are…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate - Commercial
While a data center may seem similar to a large warehouse, data centers are high-intensity utility consumers that have special requirements compared to a typical warehouse acquisition project. There are several crucial items to…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Real Estate - Commercial, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
A day does not go by this year without news of another major investment in data centers or the infrastructure—including facilities, power, and cooling systems—that is needed to run data centers. Notwithstanding all the data…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
The growing interest in generative artificial intelligence (AI) has triggered a race to develop the technology, driving demand for high-density data centers and significantly increasing predicted electricity consumption…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Science, Computers, & Technology
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,…
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/ Real Estate - Commercial, Science, Computers, & Technology
We are closely following the recent announcement by France and the UAE regarding their €30 billion–€50 billion investment to build Europe’s largest AI data center in France with up to 1 gigawatt of capacity. The announcement…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
With record low vacancy rates and increasing price points, Europe has become a true seller’s market across the data center landscape. As demand for cloud services and AI continues to grow, hyperscalers and colocation parties…
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