James W. Grice, Chair of Akerman’s Data Centers and Digital Infrastructure and Renewable Energy and Electric Power Practices, will speak on a panel entitled "How do we improve the public perception of the data center industry?" at the Datacloud Global Congress Conference. The panel will discuss the need to change the public perception of the data center industry and what initiatives are tackling this stigma.

Akerman is also a sponsor of the Datacloud Global Congress which features a premier leadership gathering for senior executives in the ICT space, notably with a focus on digital infrastructure (data centres, cloud providers, edge providers) with finance, tech leaders, enterprise, terrestrial and subsea fiber providers, energy companies and government agencies in attendance.