Akerman Energy and Infrastructure Sector Team Co-Chair Jim Grice is quoted extensively in a Hart Energy article published this week discussing the growing relationship between the data center and natural gas industries. Grice explains that energy-intensive tech developments like artificial intelligence are driving new opportunities for natural gas and bringing tech firms to unexpected places.

"You’re seeing projects popping up in the Dakotas, West Texas, areas of the country that really would not have been good candidates for traditional data centers," Grice tells the publication.