--- title: From Central Control to Team Autonomy: Rethinking... description: Adidas overhauled its data platform infrastructure delivery by shifting from a centralized IaC model to a decentralized one. A single platform team previously... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/from-central-control-to-team-autonomy-rethinking-infrastructure-delivery-lfc9dnyjc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: From Central Control to Team Autonomy: Rethinking Infrastructure Delivery | daily.dev og:description: Adidas overhauled its data platform infrastructure delivery by shifting from a centralized IaC model to a decentralized one. A single platform team previously... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/from-central-control-to-team-autonomy-rethinking-infrastructure-delivery-lfc9dnyjc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Lfc9dNYJc.png og:image:alt: From Central Control to Team Autonomy: Rethinking Infrastructure Delivery og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # From Central Control to Team Autonomy: Rethinking Infrastructure Delivery **[InfoQ](https://daily.dev/sources/infoq)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Adidas overhauled its data platform infrastructure delivery by shifting from a centralized IaC model to a decentralized one. A single platform team previously owned all IaC repositories and pipelines, but growing adoption caused backlogs and coordination overhead. The new model distributes infrastructure ownership to domain-aligned teams operating within predefined boundaries. A layered IaC structure separates reusable modules, deployable stacks, and production configurations. A custom CLI embeds governance into workflows, enforcing naming conventions and CI/CD integration without centralized review. Formalized roles distinguish framework owners, developers, and consumers. The result: five teams autonomously deployed over 81 new infrastructure stacks in two months, demonstrating that decentralizing IaC is as much a cultural shift as a technical one. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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