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Data center migrations

Data center migrations

As part of the data center modernization strategy for IBM Cloud®, a data center is scheduled to consolidate.

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. For more information, see Locations for resource deployment.

Part of this modernization strategy is to consolidate select data centers. As this transition approaches, help is available to assist you in your migration to modern data centers. For more information, see Migrating resources to a different data center or FAQs for migrating resources to a different data center.

The following table shows the location with the associated data center that is set to close, and the recommended data centers to which you can migrate.

Data center that is closing in 2025
Location Data Center to Close Recommended Data Centers Migration Deadline
Milan MIL01 Frankfurt, Madrid, London, Amsterdam, or any WW IBM Cloud data center 10 December 2025
Dallas DAL09: POD3 and POD4 DAL10, DAL12, DAL13 4 March 2025

The following table describes important dates that you need to be aware of if you have services that run in the DAL09 data center. You receive notifications if you have services in the data center that is closing.

Timeline for DAL09 data center migration
Date Data Center Migration Milestone
06 August 2024 Official announcements for all impacted customers in DAL09 - POD3 and POD4 datacenter
06 August 2024 No new account provisioning in impacted datacenter.
14 October 2024 Last date to provision services in impacted datacenter.
05 February 2025 Network maintenance DAL09 - POD3 and POD4. 10:AM US Eastern Time (14:00 GMT). Remaining services in DAL09 PODs 3 and 4 will experience network disruption during the network maintenance. Customers will need to contact IBM Cloud to restore service.
10 February 2025 Last date to submit migration assistance request.
04 March 2025 Last date to migrate before consolidation of DAL09 - POD3 and POD4 datacenter begins.

The following table describes important dates that you need to be aware of if you have services that run in the MIL01 data center. You receive notifications if you have services in the data center that is closing.

Timeline for MIL01 data center migration
Date Data Center Migration Milestone
07 January 2025 Official Announcement for all impacted customers in MIL01 datacenter.
07 January 2025 No New Account provisioning in impacted datacenter.
10 June 2025 Last date to provision services in impacted datacenter.
09 September 2025 Network maintenance MIL01: 10:AM US Eastern Time (14:00 GMT). Remaining services in MIL01 will experience network disruption during the network maintenance. Customers will need to contact IBM Cloud to restore service.
10 November 2025 Last date to submit migration assistance request.
10 December 2025 Last date to migrate before closure of MIL01 datacenter.