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Cloud-to-Metal Infrastructure

We help teams move predictable workloads onto infrastructure they can price, inspect, and operate without losing the cloud where it still earns its keep.

Why Companies Move to Data Centers

For predictable workloads, owning infrastructure often makes more economic sense than renting it forever.

Predictable Workloads

Steady workloads are usually the first place to look. When usage is known and the platform is mature, dedicated infrastructure can make the economics easier to reason about.

Workload Fit

Dedicated hardware can make CPU, storage, and network behavior easier to measure and tune for the applications that justify it.

True Ownership

Own more of the stack when control, auditability, and long-term operating cost matter more than instant elasticity.

Predictable Economics

A measured migration turns infrastructure spend into a smaller set of known commitments. Some systems stay in the cloud. Some move. The point is to make the placement deliberate.

Industry Examples

Companies that have successfully moved workloads to their own infrastructure.

$10M
Saved / 5 Years

37signals

The Basecamp creators publicly documented their cloud exit. Their conclusion: for their workloads, owning infrastructure made more sense.

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$75M
Annual Savings

Dropbox

Dropbox moved from AWS to their own custom infrastructure ("Magic Pocket"), reducing infrastructure spend and taking more direct control of storage behavior.

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300M+
Infrastructure Scale

GEICO

Even massive enterprises are repatriating. GEICO moved from a "cloud-first" to a "hybrid/private" strategy to regain control of their data and costs.

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45%
Avg Cost Reduction

Mid-Market Composite

Patterns from 50+ mid-market companies ($10-100M revenue) consistently achieving 40-60% savings through cloud repatriation.

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Our Migration Process

We migrate workloads to data centers with minimal disruption. Most projects end up hybrid - we set up cloud connectivity where it makes sense.

01

Audit & Plan

We analyze spend, workload shape, data movement, and operational constraints. The plan shows what is worth moving and what should stay put.

02

Architect

We design the dedicated or hybrid environment around the workload, including network paths, storage behavior, failover, and observability.

03

Migrate

We run a measured migration with parallel checks, rollback points, and clear evidence before traffic moves.

04

Optimize

After the move, we tune the system, document the operating routine, and either hand it over or keep managing it with you.

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