Renew Risk expands US exposure database to support asset-first risk assessment and future US Data Centre Model
Dr Joshua Macabuag, CEO at Renew Risk
12 November 2026 – Renew Risk, an energy transition risk analytics provider, has announced the expansion of its Industry Exposure Database (IED) across US onshore transition technologies and data centres. The extension establishes a data foundation for the company’s commitment to launch a US Data Centre Model in spring 2027.
Coverage across US energy transition assets and data centres to expand by end of 2026.
Expanded Industry Exposure Database will underpin Renew Risk’s commitment to build a US Data Centre Model in the first half of 2027.
By strengthening the information available for these assets, the IED helps clients refine modelling assumptions, assess concentrations and dependencies and develop a clear view of portfolio risk.
The growing IED will encompass:
Solar farms
Offshore wind farms
Data centres
Substations
Battery energy storage systems (BESS).
By strengthening the information available for these assets, the IED helps clients refine modelling assumptions, assess concentrations and dependencies, and develop a clear view of portfolio risk.
As digital infrastructure and its power demands grow, the assets supporting the energy transition are becoming larger, more complex and increasingly interconnected. Renew Risk combines data, consultancy services and modelling to help insurers understand how these assets are designed, how they operate and how they respond to hazards.
Data centres, part of Renew Risk’s Emerging Demand Product Suite, illustrate why a detailed view of equipment and systems matter. Zurich reports that equipment values can reach double that of the building itself, while unprecedented lead times for critical equipment results in major delays from minor damage. Meanwhile, Allianz Commercial estimates that flood, wildfire and wind exposure affects 86% of data centre capacity in the Americas.
Understanding these risks requires insights into equipment location, protection measures and operational dependencies alongside value and hazard exposure. Renew Risk’s asset-first approach focuses on identifying and validating the characteristics that are material to risk, providing the foundation for both current assessments and future model development.
“The market is evolving rapidly. Data centre growth is informing power demand and driving investment in the generation and infrastructure needed to support it. To help future-proof that investment, the insurance industry needs a view of risk that keeps pace with the assets being built and the dependencies between them. Expanding our IED is the first step: giving clients better asset intelligence today and building the foundation for the models they will need tomorrow.”
Clients will be able to use the expanded IED within their existing modelling approaches to strengthen exposure information, refine assumptions and develop a clearer view of individual assets and portfolio risk.
The expanded database will be available through Renew Risk’s user interface, The Studio, as well as third-party platforms, helping clients access Renew Risk’s asset intelligence within their existing workflows.
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About Renew Risk
Renew Risk provides risk analytics for energy transition assets. As those assets become larger, more valuable and more complex, (re)insurers, energy developers and financial services professionals need a clearer understanding of their risks to deploy capacity with confidence. Renew Risk combines specialist expertise in energy transition technologies with risk intelligence to build asset-first, engineering-based analytics that reflect how assets are designed, operated and exposed to hazards. Its models, data and services support risk selection, pricing, capacity allocation and portfolio management across offshore renewables, onshore renewables and emerging demand assets such as data centres.