FedEx To Close Data Centers, Retire All Mainframes By 2024, Saving $400 Million

FedEx is to close its data centers and retire all of its remaining mainframes within the next two years. Speaking during the FedEx investor day, FedEx CIO Rob Carter said the company is aiming for a 'zero data center, zero mainframe' environment based in the cloud, which will result in $400 million in savings annually. From a report: 'We've been working across this decade to streamline and simplify our technology and systems,' he said. 'We've shifted to cloud...we've been eliminating monolithic applications one after the other after the other...we're moving to a zero data center, zero mainframe environment that's more flexible, secure, and cost-effective. Within the next two years we'll close the last few remaining data centers that we have, we'll eliminate the final 20 percent of the mainframe footprint, and we'll move the remaining applications to cloud-native structures that allow them to be flexibly deployed and used in the marketplace and business. While we're doing this, we'll achieve $400 million of annual savings.'

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