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Appendix
1. Physical Climate Risks
Risk ID
Description
Possible
Consequences
PR1
Increased pluvial and
昀氀uvial 昀氀ooding impacting
Acute – Flooding sites (e.g. Harlow, Slough)
causing downtime or
asset damage.
PR2
Acute –
Heatwaves
Rising temperatures
reducing cooling
ef昀椀ciency and increasing
PUE.
IT load shedding, SLA
breaches, safety risks,
reputational harm.
PR3
Long-term increase in
Chronic –
ambient temperatures
Temperature Rise impacting asset lifecycle
and energy demand.
Grid constraints.
Service disruption;
higher costs; increased
generator runtime and
emissions.
PR4
Increased water scarcity
impacting cooling
strategies (especially
indirect evaporative
systems).
PR5
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Risk Category
Water stress
Storm events
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Service disruption,
equipment damage,
safety incidents,
regulatory /
contractual impact.
Operational
constraints; capex for
alternative cooling;
reputational impacts.
Increased severity of
Heightened exposure
storms affecting power
to climate hazards.
supply and site resilience.
Time Horizon
Short–Medium
Short–Long
Medium–Long
Medium–Long
Short–Medium
Likelihood
Medium
High
High
Medium
Medium
Impact
Critical
High
High
High
High
Risk
Rating
Mitigation /
Controls
Residual Risk
Owner
Medium
Ops / Design
Medium
Engineering
High
Future climate modelling
in design, plant oversizing,
lifecycle planning.
BREEAM certi昀椀ed facilities.
Medium
Design
High
CNDCP WUE targets.
Water-ef昀椀cient cooling,
closed-loop systems,
alternative technologies.
Adaptive water strategies
for potable water use
(Going beyond WUE).
Medium
Engineering
High
Dual feeds, UPS
redundancy, generator
resilience, emergency
planning. HVO fuel for
back up power, Private
wire renewables project
begun with DRD partners.
Low
Operations
High
High
Incident response plans.
Flood risk assessments,
raised critical
infrastructure, drainage
design, bunding,
insurance.
Capacity management.
Free cooling optimisation,
liquid cooling readiness,
plant redundancy, design
temperature uplift.
