Alexander Hendry

Dec 10, 2024 | datacenterdynamics.com | Alexander Hendry |Baker Botts

Data centers are the physical foundations of the digital world. Once considered a niche intersection of real estate and technology, data centers are now understood as a key component of critical infrastructure and as a rapidly growing asset class for investors. They also have a ravenous appetite for electricity.

Dec 10, 2024 | datacenterdynamics.com | Alexander Hendry |Baker Botts

Partner, head of technology practice, Middle East, Baker Botts Alexander Hendry is a partner and the head of law firm Baker Botts’ technology practice in the Middle East. He provides strategic advice on business-critical, first-of-their-kind technology transactions, and the negotiation and drafting of complex technology and IP contracts. Industry Views More By

Feb 27, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Alexander Hendry

The Middle East’s rapidly advancing space sector has seen a slew of landmark achievements in the last few years. In 2014, the UAE established the UAE Space Agency to oversee and grow its space sector, and it has since successfully completed numerous projects. In July 2020, it became the fifth country in the world to launch a probe to Mars, and in December 2022, the UAE-built Rashid Rover was launched on a path to the moon.

Feb 27, 2023 | lexology.com | Alexander Hendry

The Middle East’s rapidly advancing space sector has seen a slew of landmark achievements in the last few years. In 2014, the UAE established the UAE Space Agency to oversee and grow its space sector, and it has since successfully completed numerous projects. In July 2020, it became the fifth country in the world to launch a probe to Mars, and in December 2022, the UAE-built Rashid Rover was launched on a path to the moon.

Feb 8, 2023 | dispatchist.com | Alexander Hendry

Think of a tropical rainforest being cleared for an oil palm plantation, and the first animal that comes to mind is probably an orangutan.In fact, a new study shows that marbled cats (Pardofelis marmorata), semi-arboreal felines native to southern Asia, are so affected by conversion of forests to oil palm plantation that it recommends escalating the species’ conservation status from near threatened to vulnerable.They found that the marbled cat “responds poorly to habitat clearing and oil palm...