DATA CENTERS & DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Keep focused. Keep information moving.
Your business is built to move information, power innovation, and support what comes next. But developing and operating modern data center infrastructure requires critical decisions across capital, power, construction, operations, compliance, and resilience.
From project to portfolio, our Data Centers & Digital Infrastructure Practice brings clarity and certainty across the full data center lifecycle. Our consultative advisory approach means you can spend less time navigating risks and more time on what your business was built to do.
THE CHALLENGE
Make early decisions with confidence.
At the earliest stages, decisions around site selection, power access, environmental exposure, and capital structuring define long-term success.
Misalignment can lead to delays, influence insurability, or increase capital pressure. Constraints around power, water, and environmental impact increasingly shape where and how facilities can be developed.
Lockton connects risk, capital, and engineering insight early to ensure your project is positioned correctly with investors, lenders, and insurers from day 1.
Key considerations
- Site risk analysis and location assessment
- Power and infrastructure risk advisory
- Capital, financing, and insurance strategy alignment
Value you’ll see
- Stronger project viability
- Aligned stakeholder expectations
- Reduced downstream disruption
PHASE 1
Plan & capitalize
PHASE 2
Design
THE CHALLENGE
Turn vision into an insurable plan.
Design decisions around site configuration, power strategy, critical infrastructure, resiliency, sustainability requirements, and stakeholder expectations influence cost, schedule, and long-term performance.
As data center requirements become more complex, design must balance operational demands, insurability, financing requirements, and future scalability. Addressing risk early helps prevent costly redesigns, delays, and unexpected challenges during construction.
Lockton can help you evaluate risk before construction begins, aligning project plans with investor expectations, insurance requirements, and operational goals.
Key considerations
- Power supply and resiliency planning
- Program structure, limits, and retention design
- Contract and insurance requirement review
Value you’ll see
- Better-informed project decisions
- Improved insurability and stakeholder alignment
- Reduced risk of downstream redesigns and delays
THE CHALLENGE
Deliver on time & on plan.
Data center construction involves high-value assets, complex stakeholder groups, and strict delivery expectations. Success depends on alignment across developers, investors, contractors, suppliers, and end users.
Delays at any stage can affect debt servicing, investor expectations, and revenue start commitments.
Lockton builds custom risk frameworks and insurance strategies that protect delivery schedules, align with financing requirements, and keep projects moving toward service readiness.
Key considerations
- Builder’s risk and construction coverage placement
- Contractor risk and insurance program review
- Transition planning from construction to operations
Value you’ll see
- Greater schedule certainty
- Reduced delay-related exposure
- Stronger investor and lender confidence
PHASE 3
Build
PHASE 4
Launch & operate
THE CHALLENGE
Launch & maintain stability.
Bringing a data center online is a critical moment. Owners must ensure systems perform as intended, stakeholders gain confidence, and uptime expectations are met from day 1.
Once operational, risk expands across business interruption, power reliability, cyber exposure, and environmental impact. These risks are connected and constantly evolving.
Not all losses stem from physical damage. Contractual penalties, service credits, and performance obligations can create financial exposure even without a traditional loss event.
Cyber risk is not isolated. Events impacting operational systems like power, cooling, and monitoring can directly disrupt performance and threaten uptime.
Lockton helps you navigate the transition from launch to long-term operations, with one connected strategy that protects continuity, stabilizes revenue, and strengthens operational resilience over time.
Key considerations
- Operational insurance program implementation
- Cyber, technology, and E&O risk integration
- Commissioning, uptime, and continuity risk advisory
Value you’ll see
- Greater confidence at launch
- Reduced downtime risk
- Protected revenue streams
- Stronger operational resilience
THE CHALLENGE
Grow while protecting value.
As platforms expand, risk becomes more complex. Growth often requires additional power capacity, new infrastructure investments, and expanded contractual commitments.
From acquisitions to performance requirements, each stage requires protection that aligns with how assets are valued, financed, and operated. Parametric SLA solutions can provide immediate financial response tied directly to uptime performance.
Lockton delivers tailored solutions that support transactions, protect against deal-related risks, and create financial certainty as platforms scale.
Key considerations
- Portfolio expansion and transaction support
- Insurance compliance for tenants and service providers
- Ongoing risk management and loss prevention strategy
Value you’ll see
- Smoother transaction execution
- Protected asset valuation
- Improved capital efficiency
PHASE 5
Optimize & scale
CLOSING
ONE LIFECYCLE. ONE STRATEGY.
Data centers are built through critical decisions across capital, design, construction, power, operations, cyber, and growth. Success depends on understanding how risk at one stage can impact the next.
Lockton brings these decisions together into a connected strategy designed around your infrastructure, timeline, and operating model. We help you see the full picture and make better decisions throughout the lifecycle. In the end, information keeps moving.
Because every phase is connected — and your risk strategy should be too.
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