NASA’s IT Procurement Office (ITPO) has released a Request for Information (RFI) seeking industry, academic, and other stakeholder input on potential strategic partnerships to support modernization of the agency’s data center infrastructure. The effort is intended to inform NASA’s long-term approach to modernizing aging facilities, improving resiliency and efficiency, and supporting growing computing demands across mission-critical operations.
The RFI is focused on gathering ideas and partnership concepts rather than defining a specific procurement requirement. NASA is exploring approaches that could help modernize its existing data center footprint, support hybrid cloud and on-premises environments, enable high-density computing, and improve infrastructure sustainability and operational efficiency.
NASA notes that many of its data center facilities are operating with aging infrastructure, including power, cooling, backup generation, and related facility systems. The agency is seeking perspectives on how industry could help address these challenges while supporting secure, scalable, and cost-effective operations.
Key areas of interest include partnership models, modernization strategies for legacy facilities, infrastructure resilience and security, operational models for mission-critical environments, scalability to meet future computing requirements, and sustainability initiatives related to energy and water efficiency. NASA is also seeking feedback on approaches to avoiding long-term vendor lock-in in cloud and hybrid storage architectures.
The agency indicated it is considering multiple potential paths for future activity, including both FAR-based procurements and non-procurement partnership instruments such as Space Act Agreements. No acquisition approach has been selected at this time.
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Solicitation Number: 80TECH26RFI0020
