Powering the Digital Age: How Data Centers are Keeping the Lights On

Baker Botts partners talk about recent developments in the global data center market, and how the technology sector can balance energy needs with sustainability demands. 

Once considered a niche intersection of real estate and technology, data centers are now understood as a key component of critical infrastructure and as a rapidly growing asset class for investors. They also have a ravenous appetite for electricity. And as technology continues to evolve, becoming ever-more data-driven and compute-hungry, the demand for data centers and, correspondingly, power continues to soar. And yet, concerns for our climate mean that sources and uses of energy are under more scrutiny than ever before. 

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