How to Navigate the Minefields of Data Center Work: Texas Brief

Navigating Data Center Minefields

The data center boom means new business for Texas law firms — but it also creates a minefield for those representing major utilities and seeking to avoid conflicts.

As Eric Killelea reports, three of the largest firms here — Vinson & Elkins, Baker Botts, and Jackson Walker — have been go-to advisers for power companies like Oncor and CenterPoint. They’re also representing AI data center developers and hyperscalers as they build multibillion-dollar facilities that require massive amounts of electricity from the state’s power grid. And their interests may not always align.

Haynes Boone has clients sign ...