Lockton, an independent insurance broker, has announced the launch of its global Data Centres & Digital Infrastructure Practice, a consultative practice helping organisations navigate the risks associated with the infrastructure that stores, processes, and moves information.
The practice further builds on Lockton’s experience in supporting complex digital infrastructure risks globally, including hyperscale campuses, multi-building developments, phased construction programs, operational portfolios, and power-related infrastructure.
The specialty practice brings together risk strategy, analytics, engineering insight, and market expertise into a single advisory model and serves the full ecosystem, including owners, operators, developers, investors, hyperscalers, and technology providers. The team supports clients from project planning to construction, operational launch, portfolio expansion, and ongoing risk management.
Solutions will be tailored for each client’s needs, with the practice providing a suite of products and proprietary solutions spanning construction and property risk, errors and omissions, service level agreements, environmental risk, cyber, surety, and more.
James Nelson will lead the Data Centres & Digital Infrastructure Practice in the US and Sam Baker in the UK, both partnering with Lockton leaders globally to drive the overarching strategy.
Nelson brings 15 years of insurance industry experience, joining Lockton from Eldin Risk Partners, where he most recently served as Global Head of Client Engagement. Before that, he held roles at Marsh, Cerberus Capital, and Alvarez & Marsal, where he advised clients on complex risk strategies.
Baker has been at Lockton for 13 years advising on innovative insurance solutions for clients throughout the world. For the past few years, he has been at the forefront of the creation of Lockton’s proprietary product offerings for Data Centres.
Tim Ryan, U.S. President at Lockton, said, “Data centres are at the core of how the modern world operates, and the risk landscape behind that infrastructure has become increasingly interconnected, capital-intensive, and time-sensitive.
“Organisations need advisors who understand the full lifecycle from planning and site selection through ongoing operations and scale. Our practice is built to advise clients so they can navigate that complexity with confidence.”
“The global data centre and digital infrastructure market is evolving at extraordinary speed,” said Chris Brown, CEO of Lockton International. “Lockton’s independent model allows us to bring together global expertise from regions around the world, tailor solutions around each client’s business, and deliver advice that extends well beyond traditional insurance placement.”
“Our role is helping clients build and operate critical infrastructure, from project to portfolio, with greater resilience, certainty, and confidence,” Ryan added. “When risk is managed proactively, organisations can spend less time navigating complexity and more time focused on growth and innovation.”
