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2025 Data Center & Infrastructure Report: Education Spotlight
See what IT professionals in the education sector are planning for in 2025.
47%
of respondents ranked strengthening security as a top priority
Cyber threats and attacks are relentless. It’s essential for organizations to increase investment in education, technology solutions, disaster recovery and cyber recover technologies like immutable storage.
Data center maintenance
Budget and service quality drive maintenance decisions
Key influences guiding data center maintenance support are:
63%
Price
46%
Engineer knowledge & skill
40%
Customer experience
Budget Outlook
53%
of respondents chose extending equipment life as their top cost-saving measure
Longer server, storage and networking equipment life cycles help reduce CapEx spending.
Budget Outlook
Implementing strategies to maximize the IT budget
A hybrid approach focuses on leveraging current data center hardware investments and taps into the agility of cloud offerings.
Upgrade existing hardware
69%
Cloud migration
60%
Extend use of equipment beyond end of life (EOL)
58%
Utilize third-party maintenance (TPM)
38%
Colocation
18%
Workload Deployment
Diversity within workload environments
Current distributions reflect a strategic blend of innovation, security and scalability:
52%
On-prem data center
18%
Public cloud
17%
Hosted private cloud
9%
Colocation
4%
Other
Sustainability
64%
of respondents chose extending equipment life as their top sustainability measure
Longer server, storage and networking equipment life cycles help reduce CapEx spending.
Survey Background
Survey respondents
We shared responses from 157 IT professionals in education who completed our annual Data Center & Infrastructure Survey.
Participants by institution:
33%
Higher Ed Private Education
31%
K-12 Public Education
29%
Higher Ed Public Education
6%
Other
1%
K-12 Private Education
Source: Education responses collected from an online Data Center & Infrastructure Survey conducted by Service Express.
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