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PT-2026-086 · dossier edition · 23 July 2026

PlatformTrace

Enterprise platform migrations, examined in public.

cloud infrastructure migration · Underway data-centre migration · High confidence

Fanatics Commerce migrates 1,800 servers across five data centres to AWS

Fanatics Commerce is migrating approximately 1,800 servers across five data centres to AWS, with December 2026 retained as a target.

Organisation
Fanatics Commerce
Predecessor
Approximately 1,800 Windows and Linux servers across five global data centres
Destination
Amazon Web Services
Workload
Fanatics Commerce infrastructure and associated application estate within the stated programme
Stage
Underway data-centre migration
Retirement status
No data-centre closure or predecessor retirement is claimed yet.
Confidence
High
Next trigger
A completed workload tranche, data-centre closure or change to the December 2026 target.
Evidence boundary: The source supports completion of assessment and mobilisation and an active migrate-and-modernise phase. It does not support a completed migration or realised forecast benefits.

Programme context

Fanatics Commerce is migrating approximately 1,800 servers across five data centres to AWS, with December 2026 retained as a target.

Why this matters: The record identifies a named organisation, an explicit predecessor and destination platform, and a bounded workload and lifecycle stage.

Migration timeline

Date or stageMilestoneWhat changedEvidence status
AssessmentMigration milestoneDiscovery and assessment were completed.Source-stated stage
MobilisationMigration milestoneMobilisation was completed before the current migration phase.Source-stated stage
December 2026 targetMigration milestoneProgramme completion is targeted for December 2026.Planned date

Workload migration matrix

WorkloadPredecessorDestinationStatus by 23 Jul 2026
Fanatics Commerce infrastructure and associated application estate within the stated programmeApproximately 1,800 Windows and Linux servers across five global data centresAmazon Web ServicesUnderway data-centre migration

Implementation and architecture

  • The programme covers Windows and Linux servers across five global data centres.
  • Migration and modernisation are being executed as a staged programme.
  • Forecast savings and target dates remain plans rather than achieved outcomes.

Known unknowns and contradictions

  • The exact first production cutover date.
  • Completed server and application counts by tranche.
  • Which data centres have closed, if any.
  • Whether the December 2026 target will be met.

No missing fact is inferred to broaden the source-supported migration claim.

PlatformTrace analysis

The source supports completion of assessment and mobilisation and an active migrate-and-modernise phase. It does not support a completed migration or realised forecast benefits.

Performance, cost, uptime and operational outcomes remain attributed source claims unless independently stated otherwise.

Evidence ledger

  1. AWS Migration and Modernization Blog, 20 February 2026

    AWS describes the 1,800-server, five-data-centre scope, completed assessment and mobilisation, active migration phase and December 2026 target.

Approval: Issue #47 standing-authority publication queue.

Corrections and updates

23 July 2026 — Initial Verified dossier published from the complete five-lane overnight intake and corrected central adjudication. Later milestones will be appended rather than silently replacing this state.