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Digital infrastructure demand paced by a rapid increase in AI computing and expectations for more in the coming years have spurred interest in modular data centers (“MDCs”).

Alexa Chally, Sean Dao, Bader Thabti, and Joshua Hayes outline the complex legal and infrastructure challenges in developing AI-ready data centers, highlighting the immense power demands, evolving regulatory frameworks, and the importance of tailored power purchase agreements (PPAs). They emphasize that successful development requires coordinated legal strategies across energy, finance, and technology sectors to support AI’s accelerating growth.

Vinson & Elkins, Gray Analytics, and keynote speaker Stacy Bostjanick of the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of the Chief Information Officer discussed the new CMMC program.

Hill Wellford and Mike Scarborough offered insights on antitrust developments affecting the technology industry.

The Wall Street Journal reported on January 31, 2025, that Meta Platforms Inc. (formerly Facebook) (NASDAQ: META) was considering a change of its state of incorporation from Delaware to Texas.

On February 11, Michael Kurzer, partner in our Technology Transactions & Intellectual Property group along with Kevin Szczepanski, Co-Chair of the Data Security & Technology Practice Area at Barclay Damon join Jill Malandrino on Nasdaq TradeTalks to discuss cybersecurity litigation trends on the state and federal levels and what that means for corporate compliance amid rising cyber threats and evolving regulations.

Driven by the demand for AI-ready cloud infrastructure, the market cap for global data center construction, currently valued at more than $250 billion, is set to double in less than ten years, reaching half a trillion dollars by 2034.

On January 13, 2025, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (“Texas AG”) filed the first-ever enforcement action under the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA”) against insurance company Allstate and its subsidiary, Arity (collectively, “Defendants”).

On November 7, 2024, the Transportation Security Administration (the “TSA”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Proposed Rule”) that would mandate cyber risk management (“CRM”) and reporting requirements for certain surface transportation owners and operators, including certain pipeline, freight railroad, passenger railroad, rail transit, and over-the-road bus owners and operators.

On January 13, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued its Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion, an Interim Final Rule revising the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) to expand controls on advanced computing integrated circuits, commonly called microchips (“ICs”) and impose new licensing requirements for artificial intelligence (“AI”) model weights (the “AI Diffusion Rule”).