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Power, Place & Policy: The New Rules of Data Center Development

Hosted by Heatmap Labs and Mintz

Oct
7
2026

Date: October 7, 2026

Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM (EST)

Location: Webinar

Join Heatmap Labs and Mintz for a webinar exploring how the rapid growth of AI is driving demand for data centers and creating new challenges around power, site selection, zoning, and development.

Leveraging strategic insight from Mintz and new data from Heatmap Pro, we'll discuss how developers are navigating grid constraints, energy sourcing, permitting, community concerns, and evolving policies across the country to responsibly build the digital infrastructure of the 21st century.

Explore the key takeaways from this webinar.

This conversation reflects one of the key issues driving today’s energy transition and expands on a theme at the center of Mintz’s fifth annual Energy Transition Summit.
 

Speakers

Thomas R. Burton, III, a Member at Mintz, has helped to shape the clean energy industry by drawing on his passion for innovation. Tom counsels investors, entrepreneurs, and Fortune 100 companies. He also guides startup organizations and accelerators to foster the next generation of energy leaders.
Kristopher L. Kirkwood is a Member at Mintz who represents clients in a wide range of project development, project finance, and M&A matters.
Joshua N. Rudin

Joshua N. Rudin

Speaker

Joshua N. Rudin is a Member in Mintz’s Real Estate Practice and Co-chair of the firm’s Digital Infrastructure Practice, where he advises developers, owners, operators, investors, and capital providers on commercial real estate matters, powered land transactions, data center development and leasing, acquisitions and dispositions of real estate, and borrower-side real estate finance.