Tottenham Hotspur has removed VMware from its technology infrastructure as part of a broader datacentre and network overhaul at White Hart Lane, cutting licensing costs by more than 85 percent. Chief Technology Officer Rob Pickering said the switch, completed over the past three months, was driven partly by savings but also by dissatisfaction with Broadcom's handling of VMware since acquiring it in 2023, including bundled pricing and a focus on only its largest customers. The move is part of a wider shift towards HPE's GreenLake portfolio and an AI-driven "one pane of glass" operations approach, rather than a simple vendor swap.

Spurs has moved its servers, storage and networking entirely to HPE, using ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers, HPE Alletra storage, and HPE VM Essentials as its VMware replacement, managed via OpsRamp and Morpheus under a hybrid cloud service run by HPE. The stadium, which holds almost 63,000 fans, is also being upgraded to WiFi 7 and HPE Aruba Central, with around 1,800 access points needed to overcome the "Faraday cage" effect of its glass-and-steel structure; this network upgrade is running slightly behind schedule but should finish within a month. Spurs declined to disclose what it previously paid VMware, and the technology overhaul comes as the club has spent £300 million on new players yet lost its opening two Premier League matches of the season.