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Texas SB 6 Overhauls Rules for Large Energy Loads in ERCOT

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A new state law in Texas, SB 6, significantly changes how large loads interconnect with and operate within The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid. Energy companies developing large data centers, crypto...more

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

Powering the Future: Can Nuclear Energy Help California Meet AI’s Soaring Energy Demand?

As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies gain widespread adoption among businesses and consumers across the world, the energy required to power the data centers behind them is increasing at an unprecedented pace. This...more

Mayer Brown

Data Center Projects in Asia - Recent Trends, Key Risks, and Mitigation Strategies

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GROWING DEMAND FOR DATA CENTERS - As many involved in Asian infrastructure today will testify, Asia’s digital transformation is fueling an unprecedented demand for data centers....more

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Citizen Suit Action/Clean Air Act: Southern Environmental Law Center Notice of Intent to Sue Memphis, Tennessee Data Center

The Southern Environmental Law Center (“SELC”), on behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, sent a June 17th Notice of Intent to Sue (“Notice”) to various entities stated to be associated with...more

White & Case LLP

Powering growth in EMEA’s data center landscape

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The EMEA data center market has continued to be buoyant in 2025. However, navigating regulatory nuances and utility bottlenecks remains crucial to unlocking the sector’s huge growth potential - The EMEA data center market...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Ohio’s Energy Sector Gets Strategic: Matching Energy Supply with a New High-Tech Demand

Ohio has long enjoyed a competitive edge in the cost of commercial electricity. It’s deregulated market and plentiful coal and gas-fired generation keep commercial power rates near 11.25 ¢/kWh—below the national business...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

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

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

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

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

Nossaman LLP

The AI Thirst Trap

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform the water industry. The need for massive amounts of water to cool AI data systems could exacerbate already strained water resources in the U.S. and worldwide. To...more

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Pillsbury’s Guide to Data Centers

As a law firm, Pillsbury’s experience with data centers dates to the dot-com era, when I advised on buildouts in Silicon Valley and New York City and Jamie Bobotek advised on centers of America On-Line (then spelled out!) and...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Bill 40: A New Focus for Ontario Energy

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On June 3rd, 2025, the Government of Ontario introduced Bill 40, the Protect Ontario by Securing Affordable Energy for Generations Act (the “Bill”). If passed, the Bill will make amendments to the Electricity Act and the...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Wisconsin's Tax Reform: Catalyzing Data Center Investment

Wisconsin has emerged as a hotspot for data center development, with numerous project announcements coinciding with recent legislative tax reforms. Two significant changes—the elimination of most tangible personal property...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Texas SB6 Establishes New Transmission Fees and Interconnection Standards for Large Load Customers and Co-Located Loads

Texas has responded to rapid electrical load growth with legislative reforms. On June 1, 2025, Texas Senate Bill 6 (SB 6), passed both chambers of the Legislature with bipartisan support and was sent to Governor Abbott for...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Large Load Integration on Alberta’s Electricity Grid: The AESO’s Proposed Approach for Data Centre Connections

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The growing data centre industry continues to be a focal point of the Alberta Government’s economic diversification strategy. Policy work aimed at attracting data centre investment to the province is ongoing and interest in...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

[Webinar] The Challenges of Innovating to Accommodate the Energy Demands of Data Center Projects Without Compromising Net Zero -...

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This webinar will cover the uptick in project investments in both the data center and carbon emission sectors, the competing demands and desire for vast and continuous power and the inevitable disputes that arise from these...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Behind-the-Meter Power Solutions for Data Centers: Legal and Practical Considerations

As data center power demands reach hundreds of megawatts or even gigawatts, particularly driven by AI applications, traditional power delivery models are facing significant constraints. Behind-the-meter (BTM) or...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Development Incentives Quarterly: Spring 2025

As data center power demands reach hundreds of megawatts or even gigawatts, particularly driven by AI applications, traditional power delivery models are facing significant constraints. Behind-the-meter (BTM) or...more

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Investing in Data Centers

It seems like such a simple question. Who owns data centers? Ownership structures in the digital economy are more varied than might appear on the surface. While the largest computing and cloud service providers, such as...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Top Five Private Equity Investment Trends in US Energy: How Leading Private Equity Investors View Deal Opportunities Across the...

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This report draws insights from Troutman Pepper Locke attorneys and leading industry specialists to highlight the private equity investment trends currently reshaping the sector. The findings provide a picture of where...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

The Evaluator - (Q2 2025) - From Indiana to Disney Springs: Major Developments in Property Tax Law

In the last legislative session, the Indiana General Assembly introduced and passed significant changes to Indiana’s business personal property tax regime.  The changes in Indiana’s SB 1, along with subsequent amendments from...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

The Evaluator Industry Spotlight: Data Centers

Data centers are critical infrastructure in today’s world, but they present unique and significant challenges for property tax valuation. Many jurisdictions have provided property tax incentives or abatements for newly built...more

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Senate Bill 6 & Upcoming Changes to Texas Electric Regulations: What Data Centers and Large Power Users Need to Know

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Texas has long been a magnet for manufacturing and data center development, thanks to its business-friendly climate, abundant land, and low-cost energy infrastructure. But as the state’s electric grid faces new challenges...more

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Powering Data Centers with Nuclear Generation

The rapid growth of electricity demand from data centers has emerged as a major challenge for the U.S. power sector. Much of this demand is being driven by the deployment of large learning models (LLMs) and generative...more

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UAE’s Stargate – A Defining Moment for Global AI and Infrastructure

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The UAE’s bold move to launch the “Stargate” AI data center in Abu Dhabi by 2026 is more than a technological milestone. It’s a strategic play that reinforces the country’s ambition to lead in AI, digital infrastructure, and...more

Powering Data Centers: President Issues Four Executive Orders to Expand and Accelerate the Development of US Nuclear Energy

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...more

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