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Data Centers Are Booming—and Reshaping Risk for Designers and Contractors
Building Design+Construction
August 20, 2026

Overview

In an article for Building Design+Construction, MG+M Partner David Hatem and Associates Dillon Aisenberg and Jack Baschwitz examine the risks facing designers and contractors as data center development accelerates across the United States.

The authors discuss challenges including evolving technology, compressed schedules, shifting project requirements, and significant business interruption exposure. They also outline contract strategies to manage these risks, including clear performance obligations, change-control procedures, and mutual waivers of consequential damages.

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