A strategic recalibration is underway in corporate IT. After a decade of aggressive cloud adoption, 2026 is shaping up to be the year enterprises bring certain workloads back on-premises or to colocation facilities. This shift is not a wholesale retreat, but a targeted effort to curb escalating costs, mitigate vendor lock-in, and address specific compliance and data sovereignty requirements.
83% of Enterprises Are Bringing Workloads Home
The trend is clear: according to IDC, around 80% of enterprises expect to repatriate some compute or storage workloads from the public cloud within the next 12 months. A Barclays CIO study found that 83% of enterprise IT leaders plan to move at least one workload off the public cloud to on-prem or private infrastructure.
There’s a desire for better alignment between infrastructure and business needs. Hybrid and multi-cloud setups are becoming the sweet spot, letting teams pair the elasticity of public cloud with the predictability and control of private or colocated environments.
So why now?
Three forces are accelerating repatriation in 2026:
Spend control is now board-level. Cloud sprawl has caught up with the budget. Organizations routinely overspend, especially on steady-state workloads that don’t need pay-as-you-go pricing.
Egress patterns are hitting harder. Data-intensive apps are getting hammered by hidden costs: cross-zone traffic, storage class creep, unpredictable egress fees.
Regulations are now active, not theoretical. DORA is live across the EU. The UK expects documented exit rehearsals. In the U.S., HIPAA, GLBA, and FERPA require provable control. Regulators want more than promises — they want logs, key management lineage, and evidence.
How HostDime Fits In
When it comes to cloud repatriation, HostDime offers a comprehensive suite of services designed to help enterprises regain control of their IT infrastructure. From cloud servers and bare metal servers to colocation and managed services, our global Tier IV facilities are purpose-built for this moment, offering:
Private Cloud Deployment: HostDime’s purpose-built data centers are strategically located in the U.S., Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, and India, offering secure, low-latency environments for your private cloud workloads.
Managed Services: Whether you’re looking to repatriate data, build a hybrid cloud, or optimize your existing infrastructure, HostDime’s managed services ensure performance, uptime, and reliability at every layer.
Interconnectivity: Our end-to-end fiber connectivity and integrations with major cloud providers make it easy to adopt hybrid or multi-cloud solutions without sacrificing control or performance. Read our article on global interconnection to learn more about our unique approach.
Let’s Build Your 2026 Cloud Repatriation Roadmap
2026 is about owning your cloud strategy. If your organization is ready to cut waste, meet compliance, and regain visibility into where your workloads live, HostDime can help you design a hybrid repatriation roadmap that brings performance and predictability back under your control.
Contact our Data Center Infrastructure solutions team today to explore private, hybrid, and edge infrastructure options built for the 2026 enterprise.