美國大型律所爭聘數據中心專才，招聘重心南移
Big Law talent battle for data center expertise moves South
美國大型律所爭聘數據中心專才的競爭升温，招聘重心正向南部轉移。美國排名前 200 的律所今年預計聘用近 300 名數據中心律師，較去年增加 21%，招聘速度是 2020 年的三倍。Pirical 指出，休斯敦今年至今的招聘量已追平華盛頓特區，而電力供應已成項目能否建成的決定因素。
Competition among US law firms for attorneys with data center expertise is heating up. 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 and Dentons have the biggest teams, each with more than 200 lawyers in this area.
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. “The hiring has also moved south,” Pirical analyst Craig Savitzky said. “Houston has matched Washington DC so far this year, which makes sense now that power availability decides whether a project gets built at all.”
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