Data center time to value

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a system comprising a processor, order data representative of an order from a customer account to install and manage a first data center at a first physical location, wherein the first data center comprises a first instance of a virtualized overlay network that abstracts physical network resources and a first instance of a group of virtualized volume identifiers that abstract physical storage volumes;
• in response to receiving the order data, and in response to determining that there will be at least a threshold delay associated with installing the first data center, instantiating, by the system, a second data center for the customer account at second physical location, wherein the second data center comprises a second instance of the virtualized overlay network a second instance of the group of virtualized volume identifiers;
• operating, by the system, customer workloads using the second data center, wherein the customer workloads invoke the second instance of the virtualized overlay network and the second instance of the group of virtualized volume identifiers;
• and
• after instantiating the second data center, and in response to determining that the first data center is operational, switching, by the system, the operating of the customer workloads from the second data center to the first data center, wherein the customer workloads invoke the first instance of the virtualized overlay network and the first instance of the group of virtualized volume identifiers.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:

• in response to determining to instantiate a first data center at a first physical location for a customer account, wherein the first data center comprises a first overlay network that presents an overlay and a first storage virtualization that presents virtual storage, instantiating a second data center for the customer account at second physical location, wherein the second data center comprises a second overlay network that presents the overlay and a second storage virtualization that presents the virtual storage;
• operating customer workloads on the second data center, wherein the customer workloads invoke the second overlay network and the second storage virtualization;
• and
• after instantiating the second data center, and in response to determining that the first data center is operational, switching the operating of the customer workloads from the second data center to the first data center, wherein the customer workloads invoke the first overlay network and the first storage virtualization.