# Data centres and cloud and Flame retardants

Data centres and cloud depends on flame retardants.

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[Data centres and cloud](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/data_centres/) (industry) and [Flame retardants](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/flame_retardants/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Flame retardants → Data centres and cloud*

2 of the enterprise types in Data centres and cloud depend on flame retardants; for the most dependent, it rates 3 out of 5 on criticality.

- **2** enterprise types depend on it
- **3 of 5** highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Server, storage and network equipment makers: boards and cables (criticality 3 of 5)
- Data-centre construction contractors: fire-rated materials (criticality 2 of 5)

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