IT & Data Center Relocation
Move the servers. Keep the business online.
Server rooms, network gear, and workstation IT relocated on a written cutover plan — sequenced around your maintenance window and coordinated with your IT team, MSP, or OEM vendors from first walkthrough to final power-on.
What happens next
01 A project manager replies within 1 business day
02 Walkthrough of both sites, in person or virtual
03 Written cutover plan and quote
Sample Cutover Plan
What a weekend server move looks like.
Most server moves happen between Friday evening and Monday morning. Every step is scheduled in advance, and every handoff to your IT team is named in the plan.
Cutover Plan · Sample
Fri 18:00 → Mon 06:00
FRI 18:00
Shutdown & backup sign-off
Your IT team confirms systems are down and backed up.
FRI 19:00
De-rack, label & pack
Every asset tagged to its source and destination position.
SAT 08:00
Secure transport
Loaded by rack and priority; chain of custody documented.
SAT 14:00
Place & re-rack
Installed to your new rack elevations and floor plan.
SUN
Power-on & validation
Your team tests; our crew stays on call for adjustments.
Every plan is built per project. Windows and sequence are set with your team during discovery.
100+
Years moving businesses
12
Hub markets with our own crews
350+
Markets via the Office Moving Alliance
1
Point of contact, walkthrough to power-on
What We Move
From a single server closet to a full data hall.
We handle the physical side of the move — packing, transport, placement, and storage — while coordinating every step with whoever owns the technical side.
Server rooms & data halls
Racks, servers, storage arrays, and UPS units — de-racked, packed, and placed to your new elevations.
Network & telecom equipment
Switches, firewalls, patch panels, and telecom gear moved in sequence with your cutover plan.
Workstation IT for office moves
Desktops, monitors, docks, and peripherals tagged by user and set up at the right desk on day one.
Healthcare & lab technology
Clinical IT and sensitive electronics handled around access rules, schedules, and facility protocols.
AV & conference room tech
Displays, conferencing systems, and AV carts packed, moved, and placed room by room.
Retired & surplus equipment
Inventory, staging, and disposition planning for equipment that isn’t making the move.
How It Works
Five phases. One plan everyone signs off on.
IT moves fail in the handoffs — between the movers, the IT team, the building, and the vendors.
The plan exists to close those gaps before move weekend.
01
Discovery
Walkthroughs of both sites, a full equipment inventory, and a conversation with whoever owns the technical cutover.
02
Move plan
A written plan covering sequence, labeling, crew assignments, building access, and the downtime window.
03
Pack & secure
Equipment packed and crated to protect it in transit, tagged to its source and destination position.
04
Transport & place
Moved in priority order and installed to your rack elevations and floor plan.
05
Validate & close out
Your team tests and signs off while our crew stays available; we document the move and clear the old site.
Who Does What
Clear lines between our crew and your IT team.
Johnson Commercial Solutions
- Site walkthroughs, inventory, and asset labeling
- Written move plan and cutover schedule
- Packing, crating, and secure transport
- Placement to your rack elevations and floor plan
- Building coordination: docks, elevators, after-hours access
- Interim storage and decommissioning of retired equipment
Your IT team, MSP, or OEM
- Backups, shutdown, and system validation
- Network configuration and cutover logic
- OEM service, warranty, and calibration requirements
- Final power-on and acceptance testing
We schedule our crews around these steps so nothing sits idle and nothing gets moved before it's ready.
Featured Project · Healthcare
Server equipment delivery and placement for UC Health
The first phase of a multi-project partnership: receiving, uncrating, and placing Micron server equipment inside an active healthcare environment, where access windows and infection-control rules shape every step.
Where We Work
Local crews in 12 hub markets.
Centennial and Indianapolis specialize in IT and server relocation. Every hub handles IT as part of office moves, and multi-site programs run through one contact.
Often Paired With
Office Relocation →
The full office move your IT relocation sits inside.
Office Decommissioning →
Clearing and returning the old space once the move is done.
Commercial Storage →
Secure interim storage between sites, with scheduled releases.
Move Management →
One plan and one contact across every vendor, with PRISM visibility.
FAQ
IT relocation questions
We coordinate disconnect and reconnect sequencing with your internal IT team, MSP, or OEM vendors and build our crew schedule around it.
Yes. Most IT moves are scheduled around a planned downtime window — typically evenings or weekends — so your team loses as little production time as possible.
Equipment is packed and crated by type, tagged to its source and destination, and loaded in priority order with documented chain of custody.
Yes. We offer secure short- and long-term commercial storage with scheduled releases, so equipment arrives when the new space is ready.
We inventory and stage retired equipment and plan its disposition as part of office decommissioning, so the old space is cleared on schedule.
Yes. Our 12 hub markets and the Office Moving Alliance network of 350+ markets let us run multi-site programs with one point of contact.
Planning a server or IT move?
Tell us your equipment, sites, and downtime window. We’ll scope a cutover plan built around them.