Source: https://www.enr.com/, April 28, 2026
By: Bryan Gottlieb

Annual investment in data centers could surpass $300 billion by 2027, according to S&P Global Ratings—and as hyperscale campuses push total insurable values to between $10 billion and $30 billion per location, the insurance market that traditionally underpins large construction projects is struggling to keep pace.

“The biggest change we see right now is the size and scale of these data centers,” says Sedat Kunt, national builders’ risk practice leader at the global insurance broker and risk advisory Marsh. “Two years ago … maybe $1 billion to $2.5 billion in size. Now they seem to be anywhere between $5 billion to $25 billion.” Read more.