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In January 2018, ESA organized and hosted a workshop titled “Sustaining Data Repositories: A Workshop on Creating and Implementing Sustainability Plans.” This workshop brought together principal investigators from a wide array of data repositories spanning a number of scientific disciplines. Through case study presentations, facilitated discussion, and group work on a process guide for Data Repository (DR) leaders, the workshop began to address the core question: how do DRs become more sustainable? The outcomes from this workshop include the creation of a draft process guide and production of three DR sustainability case studies, in addition to a network of more connected DR professionals. Furthermore, the conversations that took place over the course of this workshop revealed that a diverse group of DR leaders from different disciplines faced similar challenges while managing large amounts of data and navigating the culture of data sharing. Group discussions also revealed insights into existing and potential solutions to these challenges, and opportunities for future actions and policies to increase DR sustainability.