AI DataCenter Law
INDEPENDENT RESEARCH · LAW / ENERGY / INFRASTRUCTUREUS × CHINA   /   FIELDNOTES No. 01

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Research methods

One question, across law, projects, contracts and research.

New evidence · 19 October 2026

Grid accessCost & riskPower supplyFlexibility & reliabilityLand & permitsEnvironment & efficiencyFinance & ownershipResearch methods

LAW

1 documents
China · 2.2.15

Maximum allowable values of energy efficiency and energy efficiency grades for data centers

PROJECT

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CONTRACT

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ACADEMIC

15 documents
United States · 1.8.1

Financing the AI Buildout

China · 2.4.3

Data-Center Energy-Efficiency Cases and Energy-Saving Operation

Methods & comparative foundations · 4.1.1

The Functional Method of Comparative Law

Methods & comparative foundations · 4.1.2

Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research — Chapter 1, The Science in Social Science

Methods & comparative foundations · 4.1.3

A Tale of Two Cultures: Contrasting Quantitative and Qualitative Research

Methods & comparative foundations · 4.1.4

Quantitative Approaches to Empirical Legal Research

Methods & comparative foundations · 4.1.5

The Empirical Turn in International Legal Scholarship

Methods & comparative foundations · 4.1.6

A typology of reviews: an analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies

Methods & comparative foundations · 4.1.7

The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews

Methods & comparative foundations · 4.1.8

Bibliometrics: The Leiden Manifesto for research metrics

Methods & comparative foundations · 4.1.9

Systematic Content Analysis of Judicial Opinions

Methods & comparative foundations · 4.1.10

Replicability in Empirical Legal Research

Methods & comparative foundations · 4.1.11

Process-Tracing Methods: Foundations and Guidelines, second edition

Methods & comparative foundations · 4.1.12

The Oxford Handbook of Empirical Legal Research

Methods & comparative foundations · 4.1.13

Causal Inference and Policy Evaluation from Case Studies Using Bayesian Process Tracing

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