Ireland and the United Kingdom enterprise technology-change research

PT-2026-254 · dossier edition · 8 September 2026

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Enterprise platform change across Ireland and the United Kingdom.

cloud-platform migration · completed

UK Power Networks moves its smart-metering data system to Microsoft Azure

UK Power Networks' dated first-party evidence says it migrated the smart-metering data system covering four million meters from its data-centre environment to Microsoft Azure, with later first-party evidence describing the Azure environment operating through infrastructure-as-code.

Organisation
UK Power Networks, United Kingdom
Predecessor
the source-described data-centre environment supporting UK Power Networks' smart-metering data system
Destination
Microsoft Azure cloud storage and infrastructure for the smart-metering data system covering four million meters
Workload
Microsoft Azure
Stage
completed
Evidence boundary: The first-party evidence proves the bounded smart-metering data-system migration and the stated four-million-meter scope. It does not prove exit from every UK Power Networks data centre, migration of the complete enterprise estate, or independently verified operational and cost outcomes.

Verified platform change

UK Power Networks' dated first-party evidence says it migrated the smart-metering data system covering four million meters from its data-centre environment to Microsoft Azure, with later first-party evidence describing the Azure environment operating through infrastructure-as-code.

Transition

From: the source-described data-centre environment supporting UK Power Networks' smart-metering data system

To: Microsoft Azure cloud storage and infrastructure for the smart-metering data system covering four million meters

Known unknowns

The first-party evidence proves the bounded smart-metering data-system migration and the stated four-million-meter scope. It does not prove exit from every UK Power Networks data centre, migration of the complete enterprise estate, or independently verified operational and cost outcomes.

Official sources

  1. Smart metering data moved to Microsoft Azure cloud storage — 2023-10-16
  2. UK Power Networks extend and expand IT modernisation capabilities with Kyndryl — 2024-03-19