Legal Telescope: Building the infrastructure of tomorrow – market, regulatory and delivery trends shaping data centers
Legal Telescope: Building the infrastructure of tomorrow – market, regulatory and delivery trends shaping data centers
Welcome to our latest edition of Legal Telescope
02. heinäkuuta 2026
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Read our latest thought leadership report for practical insights from our global team of lawyers on the forces reshaping digital infrastructure and the legal, regulatory, and commercial issues emerging across the data center market.
Driven by AI, cloud computing, and high-performance workloads, data centers have moved to the center of investment, infrastructure planning, and strategic decision-making, creating new pressures and opportunities across power, financing, construction, regulation, and operations.
Our newest edition of Telescope explores the practical challenges and strategic opportunities shaping the sector, offering actionable guidance on how these connected issues are influencing development, investment, transactions, and risk management across digital infrastructure.
In this edition, we cover:
power and site selection: how access to power could shape your growth plans, financing and project viability
regulation and resilience: what evolving rules, such as NIS2, DORA and resilience frameworks, could mean for your governance and compliance approach
planning, grid and energy pressure: how constraints in key markets could affect development timelines, sustainability commitments and long-term strategy
investment and M&A priorities: why power, cooling and engineering capability are increasingly important to deal value and execution
construction and delivery risk: how complex commissioning, equipment shortages and advanced facilities could affect delivery models and contracts
insurance and risk transfer: how AI-led developments could change your approach to risk allocation, insurance and capital solutions
We hope you enjoy reading this edition. Please get in touch with our Technology & Digital team if you would like to discuss any of the topics further.
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