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Rackspace Technology Receives the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award

Rackspace Technology Awarded UK Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award for Exceptional Military Support

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Rackspace Technology, a US-listed global enterprise AI infrastructure provider, has received the UK Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, the highest honor recognizing its exceptional support of armed forces personnel including reservists, veterans, and military families. This follows their Silver Award in 2025, underscoring ongoing commitment to defence-friendly employment policies.

Rackspace Technology Receives the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award
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Key Points

  • Rackspace Technology received the highest level Gold Award from the UK Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) in 2026, recognizing outstanding support for military personnel and families.
  • The company has implemented employee policies such as paid leave for reservist training, veteran recruitment, flexible support for military families, and leadership endorsement of armed forces initiatives.
  • Rackspace operates as a global provider of AI infrastructure and solutions catering to regulated and mission-critical industries, emphasizing governance, sovereignty, and uptime.
  • Sectors impacted include technology (AI infrastructure and cloud services), government and defence relations, and human resources workforce policies.

LONDON, July 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rackspace Technology® (NASDAQ: RXT), a global enterprise AI infrastructure and solutions provider, today announced it has received the UK Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Gold Award, which recognises employers who have shown exceptional support to the armed forces community, including reservists, veterans and military families.

Employers recognised have gone beyond the UK Armed Forces Covenant commitments to embed supportive employee policies, promote defence values and advocate for service personnel in the civilian workforce with policies that include:

  • Paid leave for reservist training and mobilisation
  • Active veteran recruitment and retention policies
  • Flexible support for military families
  • Visible leadership endorsement of the Armed Forces Covenant

Rackspace Technology previously received the Silver ERS Award in 2025 and has now earned the Gold ERS Award, the highest level of recognition under the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

“Rackspace Technology is proud to support those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces and their families,” said Victoria Driscoll, Senior Director, Strategic Accounts, Rackspace Technology. “We are committed to ensuring our employee policies support active reservists, veterans and military families from recruitment through every stage of their careers.”

About Rackspace Technology

Rackspace Technology® (NASDAQ: RXT) is the operator of the full enterprise AI stack from governed private cloud to AI inference and agents in production. With an Outcomes-as-a-Service model built on secure infrastructure, data foundations and forward-deployed engineering, Rackspace delivers business results for regulated and mission-critical industries where governance, sovereignty and uptime are non-negotiable. Learn more at www.rackspace.com.

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Risks

  • Potential ongoing operational challenges in balancing military support policies with business productivity and employee management.
  • Uncertainties around geopolitical or defence policy shifts that could affect the value or perception of military support initiatives in the UK or globally.
  • The recognition, while positive for company image, may have limited direct impact on financial performance or competitive positioning in the fast-evolving AI and cloud services market.

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