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Freedom of Information request - Subject: Freedom of Information Request - Cloud Infrastructure and Data Storage (FOI/5997)

Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 16 July 2025

Dear Requester,
Request FOI/5997
Further to your request received  I confirm that the Council has now considered your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
1. Data Centres and On-Premise Facilities
1a. How many data centres, server rooms, or similar on-premise facilities are currently operated or managed by the council 2
1b. Please provide a breakdown of each type. Exempt (see below)

2.Data Storage
2a. What is the breakdown of the council"s data stored across the following environments
Please provide either the percentage or numerical breakdown for each type:

- On-premise

- Public cloud

- Private cloud

- Hybrid (a mix of on-premise and cloud) Yes

3. Cloud Migration
3a. Has the council migrated any data or services to the cloud in the past three years Yes
3b. If applicable, can you provide a list of systems migrated (e.g., HR, CRM, Finance, etc.) Exempt (See below)
3c. If applicable, please could you provide the cloud service provider(s) used for each migration Exempt (See below)

4. Cloud Adoption Policy
4a. Does the council have a formal cloud adoption policy Yes

5. Cloud Data Location Monitoring
5a. Does the council monitor the physical location of its cloud-hosted data (answer yes or no) Yes
5b. If applicable, please can you provide how this is tracked Only suppliers that provide Cloud storage in the UK or Europe are used through G-Cloud.

6. Financial Information on IT Infrastructure
6a. For the past five years, can you provide the annual spend on your IT Infrastructure No
6b. If applicable, please provide the breakdown of spend for each year of the last 3 years and for each of the following categories: Please see enclosed spreadsheet with available contract information


- Hardware (Servers, Computers, Network Devices, Storage Systems)

- Software

- Networks

- Data Centres Exempt (See below)

- Cloud Infrastructure (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) Exempt (See below)

- Security Systems Exempt (See below)

- IT Service Management

- External consultancy for cloud migration or IT modernisation Exempt (See below)

Please provide all data and responses in an editable Excel spreadsheet format (.xlsx).

If some of the requested information is not available or exempt under the FOI Act, please provide details of the exemptions applied.
For this FOI we are not releasing any information on vendors, suppliers or individual contracts of our Cloud, Security or Data Centers under section 31. 
 
This is exemption information under section 31 of Freedom of Information Act. The public interest in disclosure for transparency, scrutiny and accountability of public bodies is outweighed by the public interest in ensuring the risks to operations and assets of public authorities are not exposed to malicious actors. 
 
This is due to the following: 
 
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        Nottinghamshire County Council
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