Every story tagged Data Center Decommissioning, curated for CIOs and IT leaders — ranked by source credibility, engagement, and freshness.
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Organizations are increasingly decommissioning on-premises data centers in favor of cloud and hyperscaler infrastructure, recognizing that private companies cannot match the scale, efficiency, and continuous innovation of major cloud providers. This complex undertaking—exemplified by PPG's four-year project to shut down eight global data centers—requires meticulous planning across workload migration, hardware disposition, compliance management, and organizational change to avoid significant risks including downtime, data exposure, and reputation damage. By 2030, Gartner estimates twice as many enterprise data centers will be decommissioned as built, making this a critical strategic initiative that demands IT leaders separate modernization efforts from migration to minimize risk and organizational disruption.