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Industries & Practices

Data Centers

    Clark Hill has experience working on behalf of data center owners, developers, and financers. With strong backgrounds across a variety of disciplines, our team of attorneys has represented clients in data center projects across the United States, including in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, and Texas.

    We also represent a major data center owner and operator in its data center development and acquisition throughout the United States.

    Our team also has extensive and in-depth experience advocating for large energy consumers to ensure that utility rates are competitive. We also advocate on behalf of these energy-intensive businesses before regulatory bodies and, when necessary, in dispute resolution forums.

    Clark Hill provides experienced support to data center industry clients in:

    Energy: electrical interconnection, supplier negotiation, transactional agreements, and utility tariff analysis, including negotiating new utility tariffs.

    Environmental: siting, permitting, and regulatory compliance.

    Natural Resources: water supply and remediation.

    Real Estate: acquisition, development, and land use.

    Financing: secured financings, including real estate, ABL, factoring, and construction and equipment financing transactions.

    Complex Contracts: negotiating, documenting, and closing detailed and complex contracts, including those related to electricity and water usage.

    Tax Incentives: federal credits, including 1031 Exchanges, 1035 Exchanges, and Opportunity Zone Fund formations.

    Government Relations: federal lobbying and state economic development incentives.

    Labor & Employment: advice and guidance on the full range of federal and local workplace laws, including compliance, class action litigation, Title VII, Title IX, ADA, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, FMLA, FLSA, WARN Act, Civil Rights Act, Equal Pay Act, USERRA, employee benefits/ERISA plan design and compliance, training, investigations, organized labor matters, collective bargaining, labor agreements, jurisdictional disputes between unions, and other general labor and employment matters.

    The Clark Hill approach is equally pragmatic and growth-minded, which is why we understand our clients’ toughest business challenges. Our multidisciplinary, global team of advisors focuses on smart legal solutions, delivered simply.

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