DataVita, a UK knowledge centre and cloud options supplier, has secured a £44.9 million contract with Glasgow Metropolis Council to offer core compute and storage providers. The settlement is designed to modernise the council’s digital infrastructure to help public providers.
The contract initially spans 5 years and 9 months and consists of choices for extension as much as a decade, with a complete estimated worth between £80 million and £110 million. Beginning on eighth October 2025, DataVita will ship providers from its Tier-III licensed knowledge centres in Scotland, supporting the council’s IT operations.
Providers below the contract embody main and catastrophe restoration environments, administration of digital and bodily servers, scalable storage options, and backup programs with immutable copies for knowledge safety. These providers will underpin greater than 400 purposes important to each day public service operations.
The contract is anticipated to create as much as 25 new roles, together with apprenticeships, contributing to abilities improvement and employment in Scotland’s know-how sector.
As a part of Glasgow’s transfer to a multi-source IT supply mannequin, DataVita will combine its providers with the council’s Service Integration and Administration (SIAM) perform to make sure coordinated service supply alongside different companions.
Danny Quinn, Managing Director of DataVita, mentioned the partnership will present safe and resilient digital infrastructure for the council whereas supporting long-term planning and operational targets.
The undertaking additionally aligns with Glasgow’s environmental goals, with renewable and energy-efficient operations integrated into DataVita’s providers to help the council’s sustainability ambitions.
