Cloud transformation with data center exit

Most large enterprises operate a complex portfolio of legacy data centers that consume significant capital and operating expense while limiting strategic flexibility. While many organizations have migrated workloads to the cloud, progress is often slow, fragmented, and opportunistic rather than transformational.

Enterprises across many industries are under sustained pressure to reduce cost, increase agility, improve resilience, and modernize technology estates that were largely designed for a different era. Aging data centers, capital-intensive refresh cycles, talent scarcity, and increasing regulatory and security demands have made traditional on‑premises operating models increasingly unsustainable. At the same time, business leaders are demanding faster time‑to‑market, improved customer experiences, and the ability to scale innovation through data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI).

The opportunity lies in treating data center closure as a strategic business initiative, not merely a technology migration. When executed with discipline and scale, data center exit can unlock:

• Structural cost reduction

• Improved resilience and security

• Faster modernization of applications and data platforms

• A foundation for digital innovation, analytics, and AI

PwC collaborates with AWS to help enterprises plan, fund, and execute large scale data center exits in a compressed timeframe often 12 to 36 months, depending on complexity