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Data Centers Decoded Webinar Series
Join McGuireWoods and industry innovators for sharp, solutions-driven conversations on securing power, structuring capital, navigating regulation and accelerating next-gen project delivery.
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Our Data Centers Decoded webinar series is built for leaders shaping tomorrow’s digital infrastructure. Bringing together McGuireWoods attorneys and top voices across the data center ecosystem — developers, utilities, investors, operators, policymakers and power providers — the series delivers a solutions-driven look at the forces redefining the industry.
Throughout the series, we examine the market’s most urgent challenges: securing and delivering power at scale, improving schedule certainty, structuring capital amid rising interconnection risk, navigating incentives and regulatory requirements, accelerating project delivery as AI pushes demand to unprecedented levels, and more. Designed as a premier forum for decision-makers, the series offers practical guidance, candid market intelligence and cross-sector expertise to help stakeholders build, finance, regulate and operate the next generation of data center projects with clarity and confidence.
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Thursday, September 17, 2026
1-3 p.m. ET | 12-2 p.m. CT | 10 a.m.-12 p.m. PT
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Webinars
Explore the Issues Shaping Data Center Evolution
Join our expert-led discussions to gain perspectives on the forces transforming the data center ecosystem.
Upcoming Webinar
The Data Center Boom: Navigating Construction, Contracts & Risk
AI-driven demand is reshaping data center construction, creating new pressures around procurement, contracting, risk allocation, and schedule certainty. This session breaks down the full project lifecycle and offers practical strategies for managing disputes, supply chain challenges, and emerging technologies transforming modern builds.
Thursday, September 17, 2026
1-3 p.m. ET | 12-2 p.m. CT | 9-11 a.m. PT
Upcoming Webinar
Large-Load Data Center Development: Alignment and Schedule Certainty
Explosive load growth is pushing utilities, developers, and hyperscalers to rethink how power is planned, priced, and delivered. This webinar explores real-world approaches to securing capacity, structuring long-term tariffs, coordinating with regulators, and improving schedule certainty across today’s most complex markets.
Date, time and registration details to be announced.
Upcoming Webinar
Data Centers Capital Formation: Cost of Capital, Structures & Risk Allocation
With interconnection uncertainty and power delivery risk reshaping underwriting, this session dives into how investors, lenders, and power providers are structuring capital for next-generation data center projects. Topics include construction-to-term financing, private credit, unitranche solutions, holdco vs. project-level leverage, sale-leasebacks, and tax credit transferability.
Date, time and registration details to be announced.
Upcoming Webinar
Data Centers Policy & Incentives Briefing: What Moves the Needle
A focused briefing on the incentives, permitting pathways, and public-affairs strategies that accelerate data center development. Learn how PILOT structures, workforce grants, fast-track programs, and community engagement can shorten entitlement timelines and unlock power delivery in competitive markets.
Date, time and registration details to be announced.
Upcoming Webinar
Data Centers Demand, Density and Delivery: Navigating Regulatory and Project Development Hurdles
As AI accelerates demand and rack densities climb, interconnection delays and grid constraints are becoming defining project hurdles. This session covers strategies for securing power faster, managing upgrade costs, and navigating zoning, environmental review, water use, permitting, and community engagement for large-scale campuses.
Date, time and registration details to be announced.