Data Center Counsel

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Data Center Counsel provides practical legal guidance for developers, operators, investors and in-house legal teams navigating data center development and co-located power infrastructure. Hosted by Bracewell partners Jared Berg and Bryan Clark, the podcast examines the legal, financial and regulatory issues shaping data center and digital infrastructure projects. Topics include power procurement and interconnection, energy and utilities regulation, project finance, siting and permitting, and federal and state compliance. Drawing on Bracewell’s deep industry knowledge and experience, each episode focuses on how stakeholders can structure, finance and operate data centers in a fast-moving business and regulatory environment.

Episodes

  1. Powering Growth: Utility Challenges Facing Data Centers

    2D AGO

    Powering Growth: Utility Challenges Facing Data Centers

    In this episode of the Data Center Counsel podcast, Jared Berg and Bryan Clark talk with Ted Duver about the regulatory forces driving data centers to develop on-site, behind-the-meter generation. They examine how long interconnection timelines, grid infrastructure constraints and evolving regulatory frameworks — particularly in PJM and ERCOT — are pushing developers toward greater control over power supply in pursuit of “speed to power” and Five 9s reliability. The group compares ERCOT’s energy-only market and recent Senate Bill 6 reforms with more traditional ISO/RTO markets, highlighting regulatory uncertainty, cost allocation debates and the growing role of co-located generation.

    43 min
  2. The Texas Legal and Regulatory Landscape for Data Center Development

    FEB 9

    The Texas Legal and Regulatory Landscape for Data Center Development

    The Data Center Counsel podcast returns for an episode on the evolving legal and regulatory framework governing large-load interconnections in Texas, with a focus on data centers and other energy-intensive facilities. Hosts Jared Berg and Bryan Clark examine how large-load projects have historically connected with the ERCOT grid and explain why a surge in speculative and overlapping interconnection requests has strained that process. They dive into Texas Senate Bill 6, exploring how it seeks to standardize interconnection requirements, improve transparency, address cost allocation and enhance grid reliability following Winter Storm Uri. The conversation also examines emerging solutions that are poised to reshape how large loads plan, finance and secure power in Texas.

    31 min
  3. Why Texas? Data Center Market Trends and Incentives

    FEB 2

    Why Texas? Data Center Market Trends and Incentives

    In the inaugural episode of the Data Center Counsel podcast, Bracewell partners Jared Berg and Bryan Clark discuss the factors contributing to extended large-load interconnection timelines in Texas and the implications for data center development. They provide an overview of how the growing demand for electricity — particularly from the oil and gas sector — has affected transmission capacity, generation availability and interconnection queues within the ERCOT system.

    24 min
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About

Data Center Counsel provides practical legal guidance for developers, operators, investors and in-house legal teams navigating data center development and co-located power infrastructure. Hosted by Bracewell partners Jared Berg and Bryan Clark, the podcast examines the legal, financial and regulatory issues shaping data center and digital infrastructure projects. Topics include power procurement and interconnection, energy and utilities regulation, project finance, siting and permitting, and federal and state compliance. Drawing on Bracewell’s deep industry knowledge and experience, each episode focuses on how stakeholders can structure, finance and operate data centers in a fast-moving business and regulatory environment.

Information

  • Creator
    Bracewell
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026
  • Show Website
    Data Center Counsel