IU and Ivy Tech to share facility

IU President Michael McRobbie announced Tuesday a formalized agreement between IU and Ivy Tech Community College to move a part of Ivy Tech’s enterprise equipment to the IU Data Center located on the IU-Purdue University Indianapolis campus.

“We at Indiana University see this as an opportunity to again be responsive to the broader educational needs of the entire Indiana community,” McRobbie said in a press release. “Students at both institutions as well as all Indiana taxpayers will benefit from this
partnership.”

The agreement is an effort by McRobbie to “maximize efficiency by sharing facilities and capabilities,” according to the release.

To build a new data center, Ivy Tech would have had to potentially spend more than $18 million. The new agreement saves taxpayers money and brings separate institutions together.

“With this agreement Ivy Tech can utilize a modern facility for critical equipment and not attempt to retrofit an old facility to meet the IT demands of the 21st century, saving taxpayers and students of Indiana millions of dollars,” Ivy Tech President Thomas Snyder said in the release.