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2025 Data Center & Infrastructure Report: Healthcare Spotlight
See what IT professionals in healthcare are planning for in 2025.
0%
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 recovery technologies like immutable storage.
Data center maintenance
Budget and service quality drive maintenance decisions
Key influences guiding decisions on data center maintenance support:
Price
48%
Engineer knowledge & skill
43%
Customer experience
42%
Budget Outlook
0%
of respondents chose data center consolidation as their top cost-saving measure
Centralizing IT infrastructure can reduce energy, maintenance and staff costs.
Infrastructure Hardware
The staying power of legacy systems
A majority of healthcare data centers continue running legacy systems.
Greater than 50%
11%
26-50%
25%
11-25%
26%
Less than 10%
25%
Emerging Technology
0%
of respondents are leveraging AI with chatbots
AI can improve chatbot function with personalized responses, automation and greater efficiency.
Workload Deployment
Diversity within workload environments
Current distributions reflect a strategic blend of innovation, security and scalability:
41%
On-prem data center
24%
Public cloud
15%
Hosted private cloud
15%
Colocation
5%
Other
Sustainability
0%
of respondents chose extending equipment life as their top sustainability measure
Longer server, storage and networking equipment life cycles help reduce new carbon emissions.
Survey Background
Survey respondents
We shared responses from 127 IT professionals in healthcare who completed our annual Data Center & Infrastructure Survey.
Participants by organization:
0%
Nonprofit healthcare network
0%
For-profit healthcare network
0%
For-profit independent
0%
Nonprofit independent
0%
Other
Source: Healthcare responses collected from an online Data Center & Infrastructure Survey conducted by Service Express.
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