美国律师事务所之间对拥有数据中心专业知识的律师的竞争正在加剧。
Competition among US law firms for attorneys with data center expertise is heating up.
根据法律商业情报公司Pirical对公开数据的分析，排名前200的美国律师事务所今年计划招聘近300名数据中心律师，比去年增长了21%，是2020年的三倍。
The top 200 US firms are on pace to hire nearly 300 data center lawyers this year, up 21% from the year before and triple the rate in 2020, according to an analysis of public data by the legal business intelligence firm Pirical, first shared with Semafor.
Kirkland & Ellis和Dentons在这方面的团队规模最大，每个团队都拥有超过200名律师。
Kirkland & Ellis and Dentons have the biggest teams, each with more than 200 lawyers in this area.
正如我们最近报道的，人工智能的爆发使律师事务所与能源相关的业务部门从相对冷门领域变成了最繁忙、利润最高的部门。
As we reported recently, the AI explosion has transformed law firms’ energy-related dealmaking desks from a relative backwater to the busiest and most lucrative corner of the office.
‘招聘活动也向南转移了，’Pirical分析师Craig Savitzky说。
“The hiring has also moved south,” Pirical analyst Craig Savitzky said.
‘今年到目前为止，休斯顿的招聘数量已经与华盛顿特区相当，这很合理，因为电力供应情况决定了项目是否能够实施。’
“Houston has matched Washington DC so far this year, which makes sense now that power availability decides whether a project gets built at all.”
