Willkie Advises Meta on New Plan to Sell Power Amid AI Explosion

Lawyers from Willkie Farr & Gallagher are advising a subsidiary of Meta Platforms Inc. in an effort to receive federal regulatory approval to sell energy as Facebook’s parent company invests tens of billions in data centers that require vast amounts of power.

The subsidiary of Facebook’s parent company, called Atem Energy LLC, filed the application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Tuesday.

Willkie’s Norman Bay, John Forbush, and Alex Calabro were listed on the application, with Forbush signing the document as counsel to Atem Energy.

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