In this episode of the TAG Infrastructure Talks, Troutman Pepper Partner Alan Poole discusses the mission of the Partnership for Inclusive Innovation (PIN) in driving public private partnerships (P3s) in the state of Georgia with Executive Director and Founder Debra Lam. Topics include:

• How PIN shapes P3s in Georgia with a holistic focus, including underserved communities, student/workforce development, and community-based research.
• How modern P3s differ from traditional P3s, and how companies and governments can overcome the traditional challenges of P3s by focusing on long-term relationships and goals.
• What all sides of a P3 can do to ensure long-term success.

In this episode of the TAG Infrastructure Talks, Troutman Pepper Partner Alan Poole discusses the past, present, and future of broadband funding and deployment in Georgia with Georgia Technology Authority's Deputy Chief Information Officer for Broadband and Special Projects Jessica Simmons. Topics include:

• The major funding sources for broadband now and in the near future, with a focus on the Broadband Equity Affordability and Deployment (BEAD) program.
• Georgia's prior and ongoing efforts to enhance broadband deployment, and how that positions Georgia for BEAD funding.
• Major challenges remaining for the state's goal of connecting all Georgians with high-speed, reliable, and affordable broadband.

In this episode of the TAG Infrastructure Talks, Troutman Pepper Partner Alan Poole sits down with Brandon Peccoralo, vice president of sales and account management at DataBank, to discuss his background and the significant role he played in the development of DataBank's ATL1 Data Center in Midtown Atlanta, specifically covering:

• How the history of the internet and the 1996 Olympics contributed to Atlanta's status as an infrastructure hub.
• How the partnership among Databank, Georgia Tech, and others solved significant infrastructure challenges with innovation.
• Whether the data center industry has hit the "if you build it, they will come" stage.

In this episode of the TAG Infrastructure Talks podcast, Troutman Pepper Partner Alan Poole sits down with Malaika Rivers, partner at Lexicon Strategies, to discuss the formation of public-private partnerships, and how these relationships help identify projects that will further invest and build communities. Topics included:

• How community improvement districts (CIDs) work to facilitate and implement public improvement projects, including smart city tech. 
• What's next (after money) for public-private partnerships to thrive and improve. 
• A preview into the implications of the next phase of digital infrastructure: the metaverse. 

In this episode of the TAG Infrastructure Talks, Troutman Pepper Partner Alan Poole sits down with Terry Comer, founder and CEO of Impact Data, to discuss the development of his new data center model on digital equity and inclusion, including:

• How the focus on digital infrastructure deployment in rural areas can leave other communities in need behind.
• Partnering with historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) with the goal of creating digital equity.
• Leveraging private investment to simultaneously improve community broadband options and career and training opportunities.

Troutman Pepper Partner and podcast host Alan Poole sits down with Sarah Ellis, chair of the Technology Association of Georgia Infrastructure Society, during the initial launch of the TAG Infrastructure Talks podcast to discuss TAG's goal of increasing education and awareness of infrastructure in the region. 

• An introduction to the podcast, our host, and our TAG Infrastructure Society chair.
• How data centers and other sectors of infrastructure are proliferating in Georgia, and creating new career and business opportunities.
• How TAG Infrastructure supports the industry, including legislative advocacy at the state level to help drive investment in data centers and technology.

TAG Infrastructure Society and Troutman Pepper are proud to announce the launch of the new podcast “TAG Infrastructure Talks.” In this podcast, Alan Poole, partner at Troutman Pepper and host of the podcast, previews why the infrastructure industry matters so much to Georgia, as well as some of the topics to be explored in the coming episodes.