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Data sticks around. On drives you’ve pulled from racks, on devices you’ve boxed up, on storage you swore was “retired.” If it isn’t destroyed the right way, it’s still a liability waiting to leak. The question isn’t whether to destroy data. It’s how. Smash the hardware and you lose value. Wipe it properly and you […]

Not every asset recycling program delivers the same results. Organizations that already recycle their data center equipment know this. Without quality metrics to measure the recycling process, you’re working blindly towards money-saving, data protection, and environmental impact goals.  This discussion outlines the five key performance indicators (KPIs) that define a mature, high-impact IT asset recycling […]

On paper, recycling a data center sounds simple. You shut down the racks, pack up the gear, and send it off for responsible disposal. Easy, right? Then the reality hits. Every cable, drive, and rack in that room carries a different kind of risk – data that can’t leak, metals that need to be recycled […]

When hardware outpaces its own lifespan, recovery has to learn to think faster At this year’s Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit, Reconext CEO Shahriyar Rahmati opened with a picture of the modern data center that landed somewhere between awe and absurdity.  Hardware built to last half a decade now ages out in two. Entire […]

Consumers want the newest device and a painless path to get it. In the mobile market alone, trade-in programs are delivering exactly that at record scale, returning an all-time-high $1.34 billion to consumers in Q2 2025, up 60% year over year. Average turn-in age hit 3.88 years, which tells you people are timing upgrades to […]