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2025 Data Centre & Infrastructure Report: Education Spotlight<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

See what IT professionals in the education sector are planning for in 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\tof respondents ranked strengthening security as a top priority<\/strong>\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Cyber threats and attacks are relentless. It\u2019s essential for organisations to increase investment in education, technology solutions, disaster recovery and cyber recover technologies like immutable storage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Data centre maintenance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget and service quality drive maintenance decisions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Key influences guiding data centre maintenance support are:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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46%<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/linearGradient>\n\t<\/defs>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/g>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/g>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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40%<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/linearGradient>\n\t<\/defs>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/g>\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/g>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Budget Outlook<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\tof respondents chose extending equipment life as their top cost-saving measure<\/strong>\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Longer server, storage and networking equipment life cycles help reduce CapEx spending.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Budget Outlook<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Implementing strategies to maximise the IT budget<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A hybrid approach focuses on leveraging current data centre hardware investments and taps into the agility of cloud offerings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Upgrade existing hardware<\/p>\n\n\n\n

69%<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Cloud migration<\/p>\n\n\n\n

60%<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Extend use of equipment beyond end of life (EOL)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

58%<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Utilise third-party maintenance (TPM)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

38%<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Colocation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Workload Deployment<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diversity within workload environments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Current distributions reflect a strategic blend of innovation, security and scalability:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sustainability<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\tof respondents chose extending equipment life as their top sustainability measure<\/strong>\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Longer server, storage and networking equipment life cycles help reduce CapEx spending.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Survey Background<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Survey respondents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We shared responses from 157 IT professionals in education who completed our annual Data Centre & Infrastructure Survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants by institution:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Source: Education responses collected from an online Data Centre & Infrastructure Survey conducted by Service Express.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Data Centre Resources<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expand your infrastructure knowledge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Discover what the reliability bathtub curve theory really means for your hardware refresh cycles, long-term equipment performance, IT budget and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2025 Data Centre & Infrastructure Report | Service Express<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explore responses from over 900 IT professionals and get expert insights into what shapes initiatives, decision-making, sustainable actions and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is third-party maintenance and how can it benefit your data centre? Understand how TPM differs from the OEM – including cost savings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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