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Seventy-nine percent of global data center capacity sits in locations carrying elevated exposure to at least one climate hazard, according to research published by First Street on June 18.
The analysis covers the world's largest and fastest-growing data center markets, finding them concentrated in areas exposed to flooding, extreme heat, wildfire, wind, and drought.
Elevated Exposure Is the Norm, Not the Tail The 79% figure frames elevated climate exposure as the baseline condition for this asset class rather than an exceptional one.
First Street identified five distinct hazard categories bearing on where global capacity is sited — flooding, extreme heat, wildfire, wind, and drought — spanning both acute physical damage risk and chronic operational stress.
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