Energy Law and AI-Driven Data Centers: Navigating Legal and Regulatory Challenges for Efficiency and Sustainability
A live 90-minute premium CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A
This CLE webinar will provide energy counsel with an in-depth understanding of the energy law issues involved in powering data centers. The panel will discuss the regulatory landscape, energy efficiency requirements, and the integration of renewable energy sources to meet the growing demands of data centers. The panel will also provide insights into the challenges and opportunities in aligning energy infrastructure with the needs of AI-driven data centers.
Outline
- Overview of energy law and data centers
- Energy efficiency and sustainability
- Renewable energy integration
- Legal and regulatory issues
- Federal, state, and local regulations (e.g., Clean Air Act, renewable portfolio standards, zoning laws)
- Carbon footprint and emissions regulations
- Energy procurement contracts and grid interconnection agreements
- Incentives for renewable energy adoption
- Recent legislative and policy developments
- Infrastructure-related challenges
- Co-location issues
Benefits
The panel will discuss these and other key issues:
- The regulatory framework for data center energy use and compliance strategies
- Legal considerations for integrating renewable energy sources and enhancing energy efficiency
- Challenges faced by utilities, including infrastructure build times, costs, and system impacts
- Co-location issues such as siting data centers near power plants and overcoming regulatory hurdles
Faculty
Michael Fleischman
Policy Advisor
DLA Piper
Mr. Fleischman represents clients before the U.S. Congress and federal agencies on matters pertaining to... | Read More
Mr. Fleischman represents clients before the U.S. Congress and federal agencies on matters pertaining to artificial intelligence, national security, space, health, and financial services. For over a decade, policymakers, companies, boards, and investors have relied on him to advance policy prerogatives and ensure government support for critical infrastructure technology. Earlier in his career, Mr. Fleischman was the Deputy Director of Government Affairs for one of the leading advocacy organizations in Washington. In this capacity, he worked to secure over $30 billion in Congressional funding for defense, security assistance, and technologies programs, and he drafted and advanced complex artificial intelligence legislation. Mr. Fleischman also successfully advocated for the establishment at the National Security Council of an international Strategic High-Level Dialogue on Technology, which includes working groups on artificial intelligence, trusted technology ecosystems, health, and climate change. Relatedly, he has worked with the Executive Branch and foreign governments to develop programs furthering regulatory cohesion of rules, standards, and export controls for artificial intelligence.
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Stacy Ann Osmond
Attorney
DLA Piper
Ms. Osmond concentrates her practice in the areas of joint venture and real estate investment, leasing, real estate... | Read More
Ms. Osmond concentrates her practice in the areas of joint venture and real estate investment, leasing, real estate financing, acquisitions and dispositions, corporate real estate services, the real estate aspects of mergers and acquisitions, development and general real estate.
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