Case Study: Global Retail and Commercial Bank achieves $3M lease savings with Align's data center consolidation and migration

Align Completes Data Center Consolidation and Migration Saving the Client $3M in Lease Extension

Global Retail and Commercial Bank faced a looming March 2022 data center lease expiration and needed to consolidate two data centers (about 11,000 sq. ft.) into a single 3,000 sq. ft. facility to avoid a $3M lease-extension penalty. The production environment included 14‑year‑old infrastructure, a legacy network, 3,100 technology assets and pre-tested seed equipment, creating a high‑risk, complex migration. The bank engaged Align for data center consolidation and migration services, including project management, design and build, cabling, and asset disposition.

Align deployed in‑house SMEs to deliver a comprehensive program—data center design & build, new cabling, circuit coordination, a step‑by‑step migration strategy and Certified IT Asset Disposition—executing 13 move waves and validating physical-to-logical asset mappings. By adjusting schedules with construction teams and thoroughly testing connectivity, Align completed the consolidation within the nine‑month timeline (kickoff June 2021, suite handoff Feb 2022) with no major network outages, successfully relocating 3,100 assets and saving the Global Retail and Commercial Bank the $3M lease penalty.