Used servers are in high demand, and Silicon Valley businesses that are upgrading to new servers can responsibly recycle their old hardware with help from a server recycling company.Hundreds of businesses around the country rely on recycled hardware to power their businesses, and retired servers from the Silicon Valley are valued commodities on the second-hand electronics market.According to OceanTech, a Minneapolis-based electronics recycling company, recycled servers from the Silicon Valley fetch a premium price. OceanTech sells thousands of surplus IT components every year to growing businesses that rely on quality hardware that other companies no longer need. Here’s the process for Server Recycling:
- Take stock of the equipment your business has that you no longer need. Make note of the make, model and the serial number for each server or other piece of hardware you would like to recycle. Also note whether or not the equipment has had its data erased or if company data still resides on the machine.
- Contact OceanTech to speak with one of the company’s representatives. Employees at OceanTech are experts in IT and are familiar with just about every type of server, computer or other piece of hardware.
- If your servers or other hardware still have company data on them, a small fee is charged for secure data destruction. OceanTech can securely destroy the data without harming the machine. It’s no longer necessary to shred hard drives.
- OceanTech will calculate the value of your equipment, minus the cost of data destruction, arriving at a bid for purchasing your used equipment.
- If you agree to the price (OceanTech’s bids are typically two to three times more than other recyclers), schedule a date and time for pick-up of your equipment and follow the packing instructions provided by OceanTech.
- OceanTech or one of its many bonded and insured logistics partners will arrive at your facility to pick up the equipment and transport it to Minneapolis.
- Upon arrival in Minnesota, each server to be recycled will be documented (by serial number) and data destruction will be carried out using the industry’s best and most complete data destruction practices. If you wish, your data destruction procedures can be videotaped for an additional charge.
- Documentation on all data destruction is provided to you, along with a check to cover the purchase of the sanitized servers and other hardware.
- Servers are repaired or refurbished as needed, and then are sold to one of OceanTech’s more than 1500 client companies or through an online sales site.
