Phillips Lytle Expands Data Centers Practice Team

Phillips Lytle LLP has expanded its Data Centers Practice Team to enhance its legal services for clients involved in data center development, sourcing, and management, announced in a press release. The firm’s multidisciplinary group advises operators, developers, and investors nationwide on siting, energy procurement, construction, acquisitions, sales, and operational compliance.

The expansion includes the addition of Special Counsel E. Barlow Keener, a telecommunications and privacy attorney with national experience in data center transactions, fiber acquisition, and regulatory matters. Keener joins a team of specialists covering practice areas such as real estate, land use, permitting, energy, telecommunications, environmental law, artificial intelligence, data privacy, and cybersecurity.

Phillips Lytle’s attorneys have supported projects including the acquisition of edge data centers in 14 states, the $30 million sale of a multitenant colocation facility in Philadelphia, and the development of major hyperscale and Tier 3 data centers. The firm also assists operators in drafting service and colocation agreements and navigating state and local regulatory requirements.