Data Centers

Our Data Center Focus

We provide our clients an integrated service through the collaboration of attorneys across practice areas, and we know that is a strength. As a result, we have the requisite knowledge and in-house experience to address legal needs in the data storage arena — from complex real estate and high stakes litigation to global data privacy and security compliance.

Experience

• National practice group represents data centers in federal and state regulatory enforcement actions for facilities operating in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, North Carolina, Texas and Virginia.
• Representation of a California-based real estate investment trust in its expansion and development of property for data center usage.
• Representation of a national wireless telecommunications provider in privacy and security matters, including privacy policy development and management; PCI DSS counseling; CFAA compliance; affiliate and third-party data access, retention and transfer; Do-Not-Call and CAN-SPAM compliance; user authentication and authorization; and proper use and sharing of “Big Data.”
• Representation of a Texas-based technology organization that develops and operates highly resilient, scalable and efficient data centers throughout North America in its due diligence on property in Fairfax County, Virginia.
• Representation of a Kansas-based real estate investment trust in its governmental affairs related to an Illinois-based data center taxation issues.
• Negotiate and finalization of performance incentive agreements and contracts with data center operators and developers to ensure compliance with government commitments.
• Representation of a New York-based software company on the redevelopment of a campus property owned by a U.S.-based online service provider in Loudoun County, Virginia.
• Representation of clients in investigation, remediation and legal compliance aspects of multijurisdictional data breaches, including managing required customer and regulatory notifications, interacting with law enforcement and media, managing litigation, negotiating vendor responsibility and implementing incident response plan.
• Representation of a REIT focused on data center investments in environmental regulatory compliance, including land use, wetlands, water and air permitting.
• Advised a leading provider of data centers in support of business and mission-critical applications on its acquisition of a Canadian-based subsidiary for approximately $200 million.
• Advised a consortium on the acquisition and related financing of a leading provider of data center solutions in support of mission-critical applications.
• Advised the acquisition and investment subsidiary of a multinational American corporation in connection with its equity investment of more than $2 billion in a leading provider of business applications specialized by industry and built for the cloud.

Data center investors, developers and operators turn to McGuireWoods for guidance on strategic transactions, disputes, legislative initiatives and regulatory matters.

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