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Data centers have emerged as the foundational infrastructure powering artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing and enterprise technology and are now essential to national digital strategies and private sector innovation. The AI boom has triggered an extraordinary surge in global data center development and is driving a fundamental redesign of facility architecture, site selection and investment strategy.

Despite ample opportunity in this space, the business environment for data center development is complex and dynamic, encompassing a range of legal considerations and requiring a holistic approach around strategic transactions, regulatory compliance and innovative solutions, with sustainability also a key theme.

Whether a developer, investor or operator, overview the current data center landscape and deep-dive into key issues covering:

• The evolving financing and investment landscape
• Tax considerations across the data center life cycle
• Design and build as the cornerstone of data center development
• Power as a critical input and strategic driver in data center planning
• Data center operations, including managing customer contracts while addressing AI, data and cybersecurity risks, and trade and export control restrictions

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