IBM has shut down many data centers in the US and is planning to shut down three more around the world. It is part of its data center modernization strategy.
As per news source, the old facilities had become “unsuitable for upgrading.”
From October 30, IBM’s D2, D6, D7, and H2 facilities in Dallas and Houston are no longer supported. The data center facilities are unavailable to customers.
IBM will also shut down its DAL7, MEL01, and SEA01 in Dallas, Melbourne, and Seattle on November 30, 2020.
The workloads of US will be transferred to IBM’s DAL10, DAL12, DAL13 facilities in Dallas while the company’s Melbourne workloads will be migrated over to IBM’s SYD01, SYD04, and SYD05 in Sydney.
IBM Cloud in a statement said, “IBM Cloud invests significantly in data center infrastructure. These investments include rolling out newer data centers and multizone regions (MZRs) designed to deliver a more resilient architecture with higher levels of network throughput and redundancy.
“Part of this modernization strategy is to close older data centers that are unsuitable for upgrading. As this transition approaches, help is available to assist you in your migration to modern data centers.”
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