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Data Centers and Infrastructure

Move the data center without moving the risk.

Data center consolidation, relocation and exit, with discovery, dependency mapping, move groups, physical moves and cloud migration planned as one program.

Talk to an architect What is included

Sound familiar

Where this usually starts.

A data center move combines everything that can go wrong in infrastructure into one weekend. We take the risk out by planning it as a program: every application and dependency discovered, move groups designed so dependent systems travel together, physical moves and network cutovers rehearsed, and a rollback defined for each step. Some workloads move to a new facility, some to the cloud and some are retired, each decided on purpose.

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Scope

What is included.

  • Discovery

    Applications, servers, storage, network and dependencies inventoried.

  • Disposition

    Each workload assigned to move, migrate to the cloud, be replaced or be retired.

  • Move group design

    Dependent systems grouped so that they move together.

  • Physical relocation

    Shutdown, packing, transport, racking and power-on with chain of custody.

  • Network cutover

    Addressing, routing and connectivity moved with a tested fallback.

  • Validation

    Application testing with business owners after every move.

Reference architecture

From the hall to the rack to the GPU.

Migration belongs to the operate and retire layer of the data center architecture: it moves racks, servers and workloads out of one facility and into another, or into the cloud.

From the hall to the rack to the GPU. THE FACILITY RACKS AI COMPUTE OPERATE AND RETIRE Power Cooling Data hall Racks and cabling Servers Storage GPU nodes Compute fabric Monitoring and DCIM Smart hands Migration Decommissioning

What this service delivers here

  • Migration

    Moving workloads between sites or to new hardware without losing a day.

Walk through every flow in Data Centers and Infrastructure

Before you start

Decisions to settle early.

  • New facility or cloud

    Some workloads belong in another facility, others in the cloud, some nowhere. The disposition is decided per workload.

  • Move hardware or rebuild

    Moving hardware is quicker; rebuilding at the destination reduces risk and refreshes ageing equipment. Age and support decide.

  • One move or many

    Fewer, larger moves shorten the program but raise the stakes of each. Move groups follow dependencies.

Approach

How the work runs.

  1. Discover

    Applications and dependencies

  2. Plan

    Move groups, dates and rollback

  3. Move

    Physical and logical moves

  4. Validate

    Testing with business owners

Commercials

How it is bought.

  • A fixed-fee assessment

    We discover applications, servers and dependencies and assess what is worth moving. You receive the inventory, a disposition for each workload and a fixed price for the migration program.

  • A fixed-price build

    Move group design, rehearsals, physical moves and network cutovers are priced before the program starts, with rollback defined for each move.

  • Running it afterwards

    Retired hardware passes to decommissioning, and the new estate can be run by your team or under our managed services.

Start with the assessment.

Scope an assessment

Worked example

A lease that ends on a fixed date.

Say a media company must leave its data center when the lease runs out, with no option to extend. The estate has grown over many years, its dependencies were never mapped, and some systems may not be worth moving.

  1. Discover

    We map applications, servers and network dependencies with discovery tools and interviews, and find services nobody had listed.

  2. Decide

    Each workload is assigned to move, go to the cloud, be replaced or be retired, which leaves less to carry.

  3. Plan

    Dependent systems are grouped to move together, and each move is rehearsed with its rollback point agreed.

  4. Move

    Physical moves run under chain of custody and network cutovers with a tested fallback, and owners test their applications after each one.

At the end, the company is out of the old facility on time, some systems have been retired rather than moved, and every application has been signed off by its owner.

An illustration

An illustration, not a client account.

Where it goes wrong

What we design out.

  • Moving what should be retired

    Carrying systems nobody uses adds cost and risk. Every workload is decided before it moves.

  • Dependencies found on the night

    A missed dependency breaks an application after the move. Discovery runs long enough to catch rare connections.

  • No way back

    A move without a rollback point is a gamble. Each one has a defined point of return.

Outcomes

What it changes.

  • No surprises on move day

    Dependencies are known, so nothing breaks because its partner moved without it.

  • Every step reversible

    Each move has a rollback plan and a decision point.

  • A smaller estate afterwards

    Workloads that are no longer needed are retired rather than moved.

How you will know it is working

  • The facility is exited by the required date.
  • Every application is signed off by its owner after the move.
  • No rollback was needed, though each was ready.
  • Fewer systems arrive than left, because some were retired.

You keep

What you have at the end.

Handover pack

five items

  1. Application and dependency inventory Every application, the servers and storage it runs on and what it talks to, confirmed with its owner.
  2. A disposition decision for every workload Whether each workload moves, goes to the cloud, is replaced or is retired, and the reason.
  3. Move group plan and schedule Dependent systems grouped to travel together, with the dates and windows for each group.
  4. Runbooks with rollback for each move Shutdown, transport, startup and network steps for each move, and the point at which it is rolled back.
  5. Validation sign-off records Confirmation from each business owner that their applications work after the move.

The team

Who you work with.

  • Migration lead

    Owns the plan, the move groups and the schedule.

  • Infrastructure engineers

    Run discovery, network cutovers and physical moves.

  • Application coordinator

    Works with application owners on testing and sign-off.

What we need from you

  • Access to the estate for discovery tools.
  • Application owners who can test after each move.
  • Lease dates and contractual obligations.
  • Maintenance windows agreed with the business.

Planned for the load it will carry in five years, not the one it carries today.

Questions

Questions we get asked.

How long does a data center migration take?

Months rather than weeks for most estates, with discovery and planning taking as long as the moves themselves. A fixed lease end date is planned backwards from, with contingency built in.

Should we move to another facility or to the cloud?

Usually some of each. Each workload is assessed on its own: steady, latency-sensitive or regulated systems often move to colocation, while others suit cloud migration or retirement.

How is hardware protected in transit?

With specialist transport, packing to the manufacturer's guidance, chain of custody records and backups verified before anything leaves the building.

Can applications stay online during the move?

Many can, through replication and staged cutovers; others need a short outage window. The plan states which is which, agreed with the business owners in advance.

What is a move group?

A set of systems that depend on each other closely enough to move together, such as an application, its database and the services it calls. Designing move groups from real dependencies is what stops a move breaking something that was left behind.

How do you find dependencies nobody documented?

With network flow analysis and discovery tools that record which systems actually talk to each other over time, combined with interviews with application owners. Infrequent connections, such as month end jobs, are the ones most often missed, so discovery runs long enough to catch them.

Is it cheaper to move our hardware or buy new?

It depends on the hardware's age, its remaining support, the cost and risk of moving it and the workloads it runs. Hardware near the end of its life is often better replaced at the new site, with workloads migrated over the network, and the business case compares both.

Who confirms that applications work after a move?

The business owner of each application, using test scripts agreed before the move. Technical checks confirm that servers and services are up; the owner confirms the application does what the business needs. A move is complete only when that sign-off is recorded.

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Where it is bought

Data center migration and relocation, by sector and region.

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Plan the move backwards from the deadline.

Share the deadline and what is in the facility. We will return a discovery plan and a first view of the move groups.

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  • Compliance-ready
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What happens next

  1. You pick the time

    Tell us the date you need to be out and roughly what is in the facility; the call is at your convenience.

  2. Thirty minutes, with an engineer

    A migration lead discusses the estate, the date and what could be retired instead of moved.

  3. A written assessment

    You receive a written inventory approach and a fixed program price.