Akerman is a sponsor of the 22nd annual Metro Connect USA conference, presented by Capacity Media. Attendees will have the opportunity to network with C-level executives from the fiber, data center, cloud, tower and cable industry, as well as Directors and Partners from the finance sector.

Chair of Akerman’s Data Centers and Digital Infrastructure and Renewable Energy and Electric Power Practices, James Grice will moderate a finance panel titled, "Are ESG investments a win-win?".

Discussion topics will include the following:

• The role investors play in supporting and encouraging the transition to more sustainable initiatives 
• What the 2023 landscape will mean for ESG initiatives 
• Projections for investors and operators alike, as growing pressures mean end customers demand greener projects sooner than ever