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Four essential qualities of a well-protected data center
A truly resilient data center is more than its infrastructure—it’s a system of interdependent strengths. Design and site selection are just the beginning. Integrated protection mitigates risks, operational continuity ensures resilience, and discipline keeps operations running day to day. Together, the four qualities established here are part of a comprehensive strategy to keep critical operations secure, reliable, and future-ready, while improving insurability.
1.) Strategic design, site selection, and construction
Building durability from the ground up2.) Integrated protection
Smart monitoring, early detection, and suppression3.) Operational readiness
Power, cooling, and critical systems4.) Skilled teams and structured procedures
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Remember these essential qualities and incorporate them into your data center projects and day‑to‑day risk management practices. For more detailed guidance, refer to FM Data Sheet 05‑32, Data Centers and Related Facilities, along with more than 43 additional FM Data Sheets.
We know that property loss prevention and control is a constant concern for our clients, and that proactive protection can mean the difference between operating with confidence today and facing a prolonged shutdown tomorrow.
We measure our success by the value we deliver. Since 2001, FM’s membership credit program has returned more than US$7.5 billion to eligible policyholders. Since 2022, the resilience credit—focused on climate‑related exposures—has helped reduce potential economic impact by nearly US$80 billion. In 2026 alone, US$825 million will be returned to eligible FM policyholders. Decades of engineering expertise and research also enable us to offer up to US$5 billion in capacity—the largest in the industry—to our Intellium clients.
By unifying world‑class insurance, research, engineering, thought leadership, equipment approvals, and unmatched capacity, FM Intellium helps you anticipate risk, reduce loss, and keep mission‑critical operations ready to scale. Over the last two decades, FM has supported the interconnected digital and power ecosystems—insuring more than 1,100 data centers representing US$250 billion in insurable value, as well as 20% of U.S. power generation capacity and 7% globally across more than 2,200 facilities. FM delivers integrated risk insight that keeps critical operations resilient.
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