Akerman is proud to sponsor the IMN Data Centers Private Equity Dealmakers East Conference, the largest and most influential event on the east coast dedicated exclusively to data center investment. This premier gathering brings together key stakeholders from across the data center and digital infrastructure ecosystem, including data center owners and operators, private equity professionals, lenders and investment bankers, architecture, construction, and engineering experts, technology providers, and vendors and service providers. The conference features insightful panels, interactive roundtables, and a variety of networking opportunities ensuring that every moment is optimized for building relationships and advancing business objectives.

James Grice, Chair of Akerman’s Data Centers and Digital Infrastructure Practice, will moderate the panel “Measuring Private Equity Risks, The Huge Scale of the Deals, Risk Management, and the Domino Impact of the AI Bubble Bursting.” The discussion will address private equity exposure, risk mitigation in tier-one markets, lessons from the dot-com downturn, power procurement and long-term energy risk, hyperscaler and emerging cloud risks, infrastructure obsolescence, operational and credit concerns, ownership versus leasing models, supply chain scalability, financing challenges, and the alignment of projected revenues with capital expenditures.