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Powering Progress
Our podcast series explores the legal and regulatory frameworks shaping the next generation of digital infrastructure, such as advancements in AI and data center development.
Hosted by Vinson & Elkins’ Chief Innovation Officer Aubrey Bishai, each episode welcomes one of our experienced partners to share their perspectives.
Episodes
Powering ProgressPowering Progress | Ep. 14 – Environmental Litigation and the New Data Center Playbook
This series has explored the extraordinary investment flowing into data centers and the challenges surrounding power, real estate, financing, and technology…
Powering ProgressPowering Progress | Ep. 13 – Power Is the Product: Negotiating Data Center Leases
As demand for data center capacity continues to accelerate, the real estate agreements behind these projects are changing with it. A data center lease today…
Powering ProgressPowering Progress | Ep. 12 – Rethinking the Grid for AI
This series has explored the extraordinary amount of power required to support the growth of AI and data centers, but having demand for power and actually…
Powering ProgressPowering Progress | Ep. 11 – The Incentive Challenge: Navigating the New Tax Landscape for Data Centers
As AI infrastructure investment accelerates, developers, investors, and operators are making long-term decisions based on assumptions about power, financing…
Powering ProgressPowering Progress | Ep. 10 – Building Resilience into AI Infrastructure
Much of the conversation around AI infrastructure has focused on growth, new data centers, unprecedented capital investment, rising power demand, and the race…
Powering ProgressPowering Progress | Ep. 9 – Protecting the Advantage
As AI and data center development continue to accelerate, much of the conversation has focused on power, infrastructure, financing, and scale, but behind every…
Powering ProgressPowering Progress | Ep. 8 – Markets Under Pressure
As AI adoption accelerates and data center development expands across the country the conversation around infrastructure increasingly comes back to one central…
Powering ProgressPowering Progress | Ep. 7 – Scaling the Deal
As investment in data centers accelerates, many organizations are pursuing platform strategies and joint ventures to scale development and deploy capital…
Powering ProgressPowering Progress | Ep. 6 – Power, Scale, and Scrutiny
As AI and data center development accelerate, the competition for power, infrastructure, and emerging technologies is intensifying, just as regulators are…
Powering ProgressPowering Progress | Ep. 5 – The Space Behind the Servers: Real Estate Structures for AI Infrastructure
Welcome to Powering Progress, where we examine the commercial and legal structures behind the rapid growth of AI infrastructure. Data centers may be powered by…
Powering ProgressPowering Progress | Ep. 4 – The Power Supply Challenge: Delivering Energy for AI Growth
Welcome back to Powering Progress, our series of conversations exploring the infrastructure, capital, and legal frameworks shaping the next generation of AI…
Powering ProgressPowering Progress | Ep. 3 – The Fuel Behind the Future: How AI Gets Its Power
Welcome back to Powering Progress, our series examining the infrastructure challenges behind the rapid expansion of AI and data center development. As demand…
Powering ProgressPowering Progress | Ep. 2 – Financing at Scale: Structured Capital for AI and Data Center Portfolios
Welcome back to Powering Progress, where we explore the legal and commercial frameworks powering the rapid growth of AI infrastructure and data centers. Behind…
Powering ProgressPowering Progress | Ep. 1 – Texas at the Edge of the Grid: Powering the Age of AI
Welcome to Powering Progress, a series exploring the legal and regulatory frameworks shaping the next generation of digital infrastructure. As AI and data…