Consolidating Federal IT Infrastructure

Between 1998 and 2010, the Federal government quadrupled the number of data centers we operate. Moreover, on average these centers have been using only 27 percent of their computer power even though taxpayers are footing the bill for the entire infrastructure, real estate and energy costs.

As part of the Administration’s 25-Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal IT Management, we are announcing that we are closing 195 data centers in this calendar year, of which 81 have already been shut down. In 2012, we will shut down 178 data centers, bringing us to a total of 373 data centers that will be shut down by the end of 2012. This represents substantial progress towards our goal of shutting down more than 800 data centers by 2015.

The maps below track progress to date.