A data center (10, 50) utilizing an architecture minimizing Internet Protocol,IP, routing therein, the data center (10, 50) comprising: one or more service edge network elements located in the data center (10, 50), wherein a sub-IP network operating at Layers 0, 1 and/or 2, communicatively couples the one or more service edge network elements to one or more customer edge network elements located at or near demarcation points between a customer edge network and the data center (10, 50), wherein the one or more customer edge network elements and the one or more service edge network elements are configured to provide direct user access to the data center (10, 50) for a plurality of users; and a control system communicatively coupled to the one or more service edge network elements and the sub-IP network, wherein the control system is configured to control resources on the sub-IP network and the data center (10, 50) for the plurality of users for centralized control of multilayer grooming from the customer edge network to the data center (10, 50); wherein traffic flows on the sub-IP network for the plurality of users are aggregated and groomed on the sub-IP network into aggregate connections destined for a specific device comprising one of a Top of Rack, TOR, switch and a server within the data center (10, 50), through the control system, wherein the aggregate connections are any of wavelengths, Optical Transport Network, OTN, containers, Ethernet connections, Multiprotocol Label Switching, MPLS, connections, and MPLS-Transport Profile, MPLS-TP, connections between aggregation devices in the sub-IP network and a network element, and wherein the network element is configured to connect to the one or more service edge network elements that provide direct user access to the data center (10, 50), and the traffic flows are routed from the one or more customer edge network elements to the specific device via the centralized control by the control system. one or more service edge network elements located in the data center (10, 50), wherein a sub-IP network operating at Layers 0, 1 and/or 2, communicatively couples the one or more service edge network elements to one or more customer edge network elements located at or near demarcation points between a customer edge network and the data center (10, 50), wherein the one or more customer edge network elements and the one or more service edge network elements are configured to provide direct user access to the data center (10, 50) for a plurality of users; and a control system communicatively coupled to the one or more service edge network elements and the sub-IP network, wherein the control system is configured to control resources on the sub-IP network and the data center (10, 50) for the plurality of users for centralized control of multilayer grooming from the customer edge network to the data center (10, 50); wherein traffic flows on the sub-IP network for the plurality of users are aggregated and groomed on the sub-IP network into aggregate connections destined for a specific device comprising one of a Top of Rack, TOR, switch and a server within the data center (10, 50), through the control system, wherein the aggregate connections are any of wavelengths, Optical Transport Network, OTN, containers, Ethernet connections, Multiprotocol Label Switching, MPLS, connections, and MPLS-Transport Profile, MPLS-TP, connections between aggregation devices in the sub-IP network and a network element, and wherein the network element is configured to connect to the one or more service edge network elements that provide direct user access to the data center (10, 50), and the traffic flows are routed from the one or more customer edge network elements to the specific device via the centralized control by the control system.