Tottenham Hotspur has largely completed its transition from VMware to HPE solutions. The club has moved the server, storage and network infrastructure at its stadium to HPE’s GreenLake hybrid cloud management platform. The infrastructure is supported by Morpheus VME for virtualization and OpsRamp software for hybrid and multi-cloud environments; HPE operates the managed service.
According to The Register, the stadium’s six-aisle data center uses HPE ProLiant Compute Gen12 servers and Alletra Storage MP. Tottenham also manages its multi-site environment with Morpheus and OpsRamp, renews its virtualization platforms and reduces its operational burden. The club did not disclose which VMware products it had previously used or how much it paid Broadcom.
CTO Rob Pickering said Broadcom’s takeover of VMware had created problems because of changes to the commercial structure and customer relationships. Pickering said the transition had been carried out over the last three months and announced savings in licensing fees of “north of 85 percent” compared with the VMware era. However, he said the decision was not solely about cost; Morpheus VME was more capable than VMware in hardware management, and resolving faults without human intervention through AI-supported operations was important. He said Tottenham’s technology team consisted of approximately 35 people in 2025.
Why it matters
This change shows that transformations in licensing and customer relationships following Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware can affect enterprise technology decisions. Particularly in multi-site environments such as stadiums that need to operate without interruption, infrastructure choices are evaluated not only on the basis of licensing fees but also in terms of server management, multi-cloud visibility and how faults are addressed. For a technology team of approximately 35 people, automation and managed services may directly affect the way work is organized, given the goal of running operations with less human intervention. However, Tottenham’s failure to disclose its previous VMware products and its actual spending during the Broadcom era leaves open questions about which line items the reported savings were calculated against and what the total cost of the transition was.