Case Study: Arup achieves agile, cost-effective cloud transformation with Claranet

Arup constructs a better world in the cloud by delivering agile and flexible digital products and services

Arup, a global firm of designers, engineers, planners, consultants, and technical specialists, needed to simplify a sprawling IT estate spread across eight data centres, 70 server rooms, and multiple public cloud providers. As part of its cloud-first modernisation strategy, Arup wanted to reduce data centre footprint, cut costs, improve operational agility, and put stronger monitoring, compliance, and governance in place. It worked with Claranet for cloud consulting and migration support.

Claranet assessed Arup’s environment using its Competitive Edge framework, built a TCO and cloud feasibility study, and helped design a standardised hyperscaler cloud model aligned to business, security, GDPR, and ISO requirements. The migration is reducing on-premise data centres, consolidating workloads, and improving visibility into cloud spend, while also delivering greater flexibility, continuity, and performance globally. Arup said the transition was smooth, with Claranet acting as an extension of its team and cost savings emerging as a by-product of the wider transformation.

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Dai David

Chief Technology Officer