Practice area
Where critical infrastructure meets AI.
Regulatory and cross-border counsel for the acquisition, development, and operation of traditional and AI-optimized data centers.
Data Center & AI Infrastructure
Where critical infrastructure meets AI.
Lakinberg Law advises investors, developers, operators, and institutional clients — both domestic and international — on the acquisition, development, and operation of traditional and AI-optimized data centers. Our practice sits at the intersection of complex commercial transactions, critical infrastructure, energy, environmental regulation, and cross-border investment.
The data center industry has entered a new era. AI workloads demand unprecedented compute density, power, cooling, and connectivity — and the legal and regulatory frameworks that govern these facilities are evolving just as quickly. We help clients navigate that evolution, from site selection and power procurement through closing, permitting, and cross-border investment review.
Our work draws directly on Lakinberg’s core strengths in international investment, government contracts, and complex commercial transactions, enabling us to advise clients on both purely domestic projects and cross-border AI data-center investments. We coordinate with local counsel, engineers, environmental consultants, and energy advisors to provide integrated counsel that accounts for every dimension of the project.
01Asset vs. equity/membership-interest purchase structuring
02Title, zoning, permit, lease, easement & utility due diligence
03SPV and joint-venture formation
04Purchase agreements, reps, warranties, indemnification & closing conditions
05Financing, security interests & tax-efficient structuring
06CFIUS, foreign-investment review & national-security considerations
07Site selection & development for high-density AI compute facilities
08Power procurement, grid interconnection & specialized energy arrangements for AI workloads
09Cooling systems, water use & sustainability requirements unique to AI data centers
010Telecommunications, fiber & low-latency connectivity
011Technology, equipment & cloud/AI infrastructure contracts
012Cross-border structuring of AI data-center investments & joint ventures
013Regulatory & policy issues for AI infrastructure in the U.S. and selected foreign jurisdictions
014Federal, state & local permitting
015Phase I/II environmental site assessments
016CERCLA/Superfund & successor liability
017Clean Air Act compliance (including backup generation)
018Clean Water Act, stormwater, wetlands & wastewater compliance
019Hazardous materials, noise, land-use & community-impact issues
020Environmental indemnities & allocation of legacy contamination risk
What we handle
Transaction structuring asset & equity deals
U.S. & international site, power & connectivity
Environmental & ESG permitting & compliance
CFIUS & investment national-security review
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