Large data centers are not immune to the need to upgrade equipment. Data Center decommissioning companies report an increase in business throughout the United States. OceanTech in Minneapolis works with data centers nationwide. CEO Al Sumetsky says there are several services involved in decommissioning a data center, and OceanTech handles them all. “As a data center decommissioning company, we handle all aspects of the process,” Sumetsky says. OceanTech provides data center buy-out services that often pay as much as three times more than other electronics recycling options, including selling the equipment on an online exchange. “It takes a lot of effort to sell used equipment, especially high-end data center hardware, and you also are dealing with the need to ensure that secure data destruction has taken place,” Sumetsky says. Data Center decommissioning company services typically include documented data destruction. OceanTech provides secure data destruction and hard drive shredding services, provides videotapes of the procedures if required, and will even handle destruction at a client site. “Once data is destroyed, our job is to recycle the equipment. We sell thousands of pieces of equipment, including data center servers, every year. While your company may be decommissioning a data center, another company is hoping to buy equipment that you’re no longer going to use,” he says. Tapping into that market is as easy as calling a representative of OceanTech to discuss what a data center decommissioning company can do to help with your data center decommissioning needs. Call OceanTech at 612 331 4456.