Representative Experience

Data Center and Hyperscale

• Advised AI hyperscale data center operator on design/build and lease of 800 MW data center from crypto mining operator.*
• Served as project lead for data center owner/operator on deal to secure 1GW renewable power and associated purchase of land and development of 1GW data center campus in Texas.*
• Advised first-ever Tier 4 data center in the United States during design-build, go-live, operation and leasing of halls, cages and racks.*
• Represented construction firm and a renewable energy technology company on the development of a 200,000 sq. ft. data center and adjacent inside-the-meter energy complex.*
• Advised large bitcoin mining company in connection with the development and financing of a 350 MW data center in Texas.*
• Lead negotiation of power purchase and development agreement with incumbent utility, local government TIFFs, design/build, and leasing of 200 MW data center in Indiana.*
• Lead project to develop, go to market, and negotiate enterprise licensing agreement with global hyperscaler and market leader in IaaS.*
• Served as lead counsel for largest healthcare provider in Pennsylvania on design/build, migration and operation of dedicated single tenant data center for core hospital operations.*
• Acted as lead outside counsel for publicly traded data center operator in both leasing of new facilities for build- out or retrofitting, as well as negotiation of wholesale and retail colocation agreements with provider’s key customers.*
• Represented developer of containerized micro-data centers used for high-speed crypto mining in the purchase of input materials, registration of intellectual property to protect proprietary designs and leasing/sale of containerized data centers to customers.*
• Prepared and negotiated scalable on-demand GPU as a Service agreements.*

Fiber and Digital Infrastructure

• Served as outside general counsel to government-backed 640 mile, 144 strand fiber broadband network, from funding and design-build, through operations and ultimately to divestiture.*
• Negotiated dark fiber IRUs, dim and lit capacity services agreements on behalf of Illinois statewide health care network to facilitate creation of health information exchange.*
• Represented Google Fiber in the design, build and operation of its first metropolitan consumer gig speed network in Kansas City, Missouri.*
• Advised most populous county in Illinois on the acquisition of a large-scale metropolitan fiber network and associated assets, and deployment of same for the creation of publicly owned ISP.*
• Advised competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) in relation to FCC, NTIA, state utility board filings, reporting, and associated regulatory compliance obligations.*

*Matters handled prior to joining Foley.