Data Centres: Physical Risk

flooding and power disruption across critical operations. It shapes decisions on cooling backup systems and infrastructure resilience. It defines how operational continuity is protected against escalating environmental stress and extreme event exposure.

Weak practice appears when operators assume current infrastructure remains adequate under future climate conditions. Teams rely on historic thresholds despite rising heat and weather volatility. Data is reviewed, but it does not influence design upgrades resilience planning or infrastructure investment decisions.

Strong practice links climate exposure directly to cooling capacity backup power and resilience investment decisions. High vulnerability sites trigger upgrades and redundancy measures. Stable sites maintain current systems.

Teams review forward climate data before capital planning and adjust infrastructure to protect continuous operations.