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Infrastructure Insights - May 2025

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On 15 April 2025, Ofgem approved the National Energy System Operator’s (NESO’s) Target Model Option 4 (TMO4+) to reform the grid connection process in Great Britain. The reform shifts from a “first come, first connected” to a...more

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Stargate looks to future European digital infrastructure investments

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As recently reported by the Financial Times, the Stargate project is considering future investments into digital infrastructure in Europe, with consideration being given to data centre projects in each of the UK, France and...more

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Powering The Future: The UK's Nuclear Revolution

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This is the eighth article in Womble Bond Dickinson’s Energy & Natural Resources thought leadership series titled “Going Nuclear: A Sustainable Solution to Rising Energy Demand.” The series will explore the changing landscape...more

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Energy & Infrastructure Insights: Will Data Center and Energy Capacity Growth Meet the Demands of AI?

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Latham partner Alexander “Stefan” Rieger spoke with industry leaders about the impact of artificial intelligence on data center and energy capacity in Europe....more

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Buy the power: Data center deals on the rise in the US

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The breakneck pace of growth in artificial intelligence is powering investment in the red-hot data infrastructure subsector - Data center dealmaking is ramping up across the globe as the rapid development of AI pushes up...more

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Congress Holds Hearing on Energy and AI Data Centers — AI: The Washington Report

The emergence of DeepSeek has complicated the outlook for the amount of investment necessary in data centers and electricity generation for AI advancements. Against that backdrop, on March 5, the House Committee on Energy and...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Ohio: A Rising Hub for Data Centers and Technological Growth

Ohio has emerged as a key player in the Midwest’s economic development, particularly in the realms of technology and infrastructure. A standout feature of the state’s growth is the rise of data centers, which have become...more

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Apple’s $500B U.S. Manufacturing Push and New AI Server Facility in Houston: What It Means for Data Centers

As we covered previously, President Trump has made clear that the U.S. is focused on increasing investments into building, scaling and speeding the development of AI infrastructure and data centers in the U.S., and Big Tech...more

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AI Action Summit 2025: Can the French AI Sector Still Thrive While Being Limited by EU Regulations?

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On 9 February 2025, prior to the commencement of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit in Paris, President Emmanuel Macron in an interview on French national TV announced a substantial €109 billion investment in AI...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Connections — February 2025

The Mintz Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Practice led record-size sustainable infrastructure projects over the past year and closed over 70 deals in 2024, helping clients raise over $4 billion. To support its explosive...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Navigating DeepSeek’s Challenge: President Trump’s Stargate Initiative and Preparing Businesses for AI Leadership

What Is the Stargate Initiative? Announced by President Donald Trump on January 21, 2025, the Stargate Initiative is a monumental $500 billion public-private sector investment aimed at enhancing the United States’ AI...more

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Data center boom empowers modular nuclear energy opportunities

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The data center market continues to grow in 2025 and beyond, driven in part by AI applications. Energy sources, including nuclear, are key to meeting the increased demand for power. This creates opportunities for efficient...more

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President Trump Starts First Week with AI Executive Orders and Investments — AI: The Washington Report

In his first week in office, President Trump took three significant actions on AI that lay the foundation for a new deregulatory approach to AI at the federal level. On Inauguration Day, Trump repealed President Biden’s...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

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

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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

Stikeman Elliott LLP

An Opportunity for Alberta and Canada to Lead Globally on Data Centres

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As the increasingly broad application of artificial intelligence (“AI”) transforms our business and societal needs, Alberta is in a unique position to take the lead on developing and hosting the required infrastructure to...more

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Digital infrastructure opens new horizons for Indonesia

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Commodities will always be a key pillar of Indonesia’s economy, but as capital pours in to expand its technology infrastructure, the country is providing investors with increasingly diverse opportunities - Indonesia has...more

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Momentum Shift: Canada’s M&A Landscape in 2025

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A variety of factors are expected to significantly increase Canadian M&A activity in 2025. These include the likelihood of a more merger friendly regulatory environment in the United States for cross-border transactions,...more

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FERC Order Rejecting Co-Location of Nuclear Facility and Data Center Increases Uncertainty and Leaves Data Center Stakeholders...

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A recent decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) calls into question data centers’ access to sufficient electricity supplies to support their substantial and increasing electric demands....more

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AI News Roundup – AI safety global summit, deepfake crackdown, EU AI regulation criticism, and more

To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following....more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Putting Funds in Focus

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We brought together partners from across the world of private funds – buyouts, secondaries, hedge funds, fund finance and wealth solutions – and had them answer some of biggest questions facing GPs and LPs alike. What did...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

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

AI’s Power Play: Congress Calls for Smart Energy Solutions to Fuel AI Growth

The energy demands of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are growing significantly, with the Department of Energy (DOE) forecasting a tenfold increase in data center energy demand due to the rise of AI applications and...more

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ReConnect Recap: 10 Takeaways from Cayman’s First Reinsurance Conference

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The first dedicated reinsurance conference in the Cayman Islands was by every conceivable metric an incredible success. Hosted by CIRCA, close to 450 reinsurance professionals gathered at [Re]Connect to network and hear...more

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Regulation Round Up - April 2024

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Financial Markets Infrastructure: The Bank of England published a speech by Sasha Mills, Executive Director, Financial Market Infrastructure, on operational resilience and its expectations of financial market infrastructures...more

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