Dell Medical School Partners with Rackspace for Revolutionary Cloud Strategy: Building a World-Class Academic Medical Center without Traditional Data Centers

Rackspace Technology hat eine Partnerschaft mit der Dell Medical School bei der University of Texas in Austin geschlossen, um die IT-Infrastruktur des Gesundheitswesens zu hosten und zu verwalten, einschließlich der Epic-Elektronischen Gesundheitsakte und damit verbundenen Workloads. Die Partnerschaft soll dazu beitragen, die Patientenversorgung zu revolutionieren und die Standards in der Patientenversorgung zu verbessern. Rackspace wird zentrale Komponenten der digitalen Infrastruktur des Systems über sichere, konforme Cloud-Services hosten und verwalten.

Rackspace Technology (NASDAQ: RXT) has announced a strategic partnership with Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin (Dell Med) to provide comprehensive IT infrastructure and managed services. This partnership marks a significant shift in healthcare IT infrastructure, as Dell Med plans to build a new academic medical center without traditional physical data centers. Rackspace will manage its Epic Electronic Health Record (EHR) system and other healthcare-related data center needs [1].

The partnership highlights Rackspace's capabilities in the highly regulated healthcare IT sector, which has traditionally been conservative in cloud adoption. Managing Epic deployments requires specialized expertise due to complex regulatory requirements and the mission-critical nature of healthcare data. This partnership positions Rackspace to demonstrate its capabilities in this sector [2].

For Rackspace, this represents potential expansion in the healthcare vertical, one of the largest IT spending sectors in the economy. The fully managed service model for Dell Med likely indicates a higher-margin engagement compared to basic infrastructure provision. Healthcare clients typically require long-term commitments with stable recurring revenue due to the complexity of migrations [3].

The innovative nature of this partnership—creating what appears to be the first academic medical center without traditional data centers—provides Rackspace with a high-profile reference implementation. This could attract similar institutions looking to modernize their infrastructure while maintaining compliance with healthcare regulations like HIPAA [1].

As part of its long-term digital strategy, Dell Med plans to build a new academic medical center without a traditional physical data center. Rackspace will host and manage critical components of the system’s digital infrastructure, including Epic and other clinical workloads, through secure, compliant cloud services designed with redundancy to support patient safety, regulatory standards, and system resilience [1].

Rackspace Technology is a leading end-to-end hybrid cloud and AI solutions company. It partners with customers at every stage of their cloud journey, enabling them to modernize applications, build new products, and adopt innovative technologies [3].

References:
[1] https://www.stocktitan.net/news/RXT/dell-medical-school-taps-rackspace-for-industry-disrupting-cloud-6h0qahnbbsq4.html
[2] https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/08/12/3131789/0/en/Dell-Medical-School-Taps-Rackspace-for-Industry-Disrupting-Cloud-Strategy-Building-an-Academic-Medical-Center-Without-Traditional-Data-Centers.html
[3] https://www.morningstar.com/news/globe-newswire/9510497/dell-medical-school-taps-rackspace-for-industry-disrupting-cloud-strategy-building-an-academic-medical-center-without-traditional-data-centers