The Library of Congress is getting set to migrate its data to new hosting environments.

This week, the U.S. library said a new data center will be built by Arlington, Va.–based Accenture Federal Services.

“We’re honored to have been chosen by the Library of Congress to deliver this complex and critically important initiative,” Elaine Beeman, Accenture Federal Services’ leader of programs supporting civilian agencies, said in a statement “We recognize this effort is pivotal in achieving the Library’s strategic goal of deploying ‘state-of-the-industry’ technology to expand and speed digital access to its vast collection of books and media. We have assembled the best of Accenture’s technology, data center and cloud professionals to rapidly make this vision a reality.”

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