IRVING, Texas, May 7, 2025 – Reconext, a global leader in repair, refurbishment, recovery, and remarketing solutions for electronic devices, announced today its role in a large-scale data center decommissioning project for a major global technology company. This significant project involved the removal and secure processing of 2,500 AI servers powered by NVIDIA GPUs and over 17,000 loose hard drives across four facilities.
Reconext leveraged it’s proprietary technologies, including the certified Rackwipe System for in-rack servers and the Proteus system for loose drives, ensuring rapid, secure, and complete data erasure and asset categorization. Drives that initially failed testing were refurbished and given extended life through Reconext’s specialized rework processes.
“This project highlights Reconext’s expertise in sustainably managing large-scale technology infrastructure, emphasizing our commitment to secure, responsible second-life asset utilization,” said Shahriyar Rahmati, CEO of Reconext. “We are constantly innovating to support our customers’ financial and sustainability objectives, contributing significantly to circular economy practices.”
Currently, Reconext is qualifying the recovered servers for reuse as complete systems, including potential deployment within liquid immersion cooling environments. The projected benefits from reusing these assets include a 40% reduction in energy consumption, a 60% reduction in physical space requirements, and an estimated 51% savings in capital expenditure compared to purchasing new equipment.
Reconext operates 20 strategically located facilities in 14 countries, supporting many of the world’s leading technology companies. This successful decommissioning project underscores Reconext’s position as a leader in providing secure and sustainable lifecycle management solutions for critical IT infrastructure, driving the adoption of circular economy principles within the technology sector.