diff --git a/.github/workflows/_wins-data.yml b/.github/workflows/_wins-data.yml
index 7e40e1b060..8536a6a7b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_wins-data.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_wins-data.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v3.0.0
       with:
         # Optional glob pattern of files which should be added to the commit
-        file_pattern: _data/_wins-data.json
+        file_pattern: _data/external/_wins-data.json
 
         commit_message: Update contributor and language data
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vrms-data.yml b/.github/workflows/vrms-data.yml
index c4b2ed9125..2e19a744b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vrms-data.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vrms-data.yml
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ jobs:
 
     # Use an action (`my-action`) in your repository
     - name: Save vrms_data.json
-      run: curl -o _data/vrms_data.json https://www.vrms.io/api/recurringevents
+      run: curl -o _data/external/vrms_data.json https://www.vrms.io/api/recurringevents
 
     - uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v3.0.0
       with:
         # Optional glob pattern of files which should be added to the commit
-        file_pattern: _data/vrms_data.json
+        file_pattern: _data/external/vrms_data.json
 
         commit_message: Update meeting data
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wins-data.yml b/.github/workflows/wins-data.yml
index 49a34804a1..6ed91fc46f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wins-data.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wins-data.yml
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
     - name: Save wins-data.json
-      run: curl -o _data/wins-data.json https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets/1tj6eQlVLFgmskoXouVt87POxYVwR1yWT2vOSQEPyDtg/values/Responses?key=${{ secrets.WINS_API_KEY }}
+      run: curl -o _data/external/wins-data.json https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets/1tj6eQlVLFgmskoXouVt87POxYVwR1yWT2vOSQEPyDtg/values/Responses?key=${{ secrets.WINS_API_KEY }}
 
     - uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v3.0.0
       with:
         # Optional glob pattern of files which should be added to the commit
-        file_pattern: _data/wins-data.json
+        file_pattern: _data/external/wins-data.json
 
         commit_message: Update wins data
 
diff --git a/_data/_wins-data.json b/_data/external/_wins-data.json
similarity index 100%
rename from _data/_wins-data.json
rename to _data/external/_wins-data.json
diff --git a/_data/github-data.json b/_data/external/github-data.json
similarity index 100%
rename from _data/github-data.json
rename to _data/external/github-data.json
diff --git a/_data/vrms_data.json b/_data/external/vrms_data.json
similarity index 100%
rename from _data/vrms_data.json
rename to _data/external/vrms_data.json
diff --git a/_data/wins-data.json b/_data/external/wins-data.json
similarity index 100%
rename from _data/wins-data.json
rename to _data/external/wins-data.json
diff --git a/github-actions/github-data/get-project-data.js b/github-actions/github-data/get-project-data.js
index bb05f0e44c..a1d03aa4c1 100644
--- a/github-actions/github-data/get-project-data.js
+++ b/github-actions/github-data/get-project-data.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ const octokit = new Octokit({ auth: core.getInput("token") });
  * @return {Object}     [Contains old project data as "oldGitHubData" and the date this script last ran as "dateLastRan"]
  */
 function getLocalData(){
-  let data = fs.readFileSync('_data/github-data.json', 'utf8');
+  let data = fs.readFileSync('_data/external/github-data.json', 'utf8');
   data = JSON.parse(data);
   if(Date.parse(data[0]) > 0){
     let date = new Date(data[0]);
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ function writeData(projectData){
   projectData.sort(sortById);
   // Store the date this script finished running. dateRan is a global variable defined at the beginning of this script
   projectData.unshift(dateRan.toString());
-  fs.writeFileSync('_data/github-data.json', JSON.stringify(projectData, null, 2));
+  fs.writeFileSync('_data/external/github-data.json', JSON.stringify(projectData, null, 2));
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/github-actions/wins-data/clean-and-save-wins-data.js b/github-actions/wins-data/clean-and-save-wins-data.js
index 8693fa5e68..d8537a8836 100644
--- a/github-actions/wins-data/clean-and-save-wins-data.js
+++ b/github-actions/wins-data/clean-and-save-wins-data.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const axios = require("axios");
 const fs = require("fs");
 const core = require("@actions/core");
 
-const PATH_TO_WRITE_FILE = "_data/_wins-data.json";
+const PATH_TO_WRITE_FILE = "_data/external/_wins-data.json";
 
 const BASE_API_URL = "https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets";
 const SPREAD_SHEET_ID = "1zkr_dEyiT-WTksUkVyL4jYQuYC5_YvJCLrUIfBf1CeE";