Server and Data Center Decommissioning in Atlanta
Rack-scale collection from server rooms and data centers, with the data dealt with before anything is processed.
A decommission is a different job from a cleanout. The equipment is heavy, it is racked, it is usually still cabled to something, and most of it holds data. American Resources collects server, storage and networking equipment from server rooms and data centers across metro Atlanta, at anything from a single rack to a full room, and destroys the data on it before any of it is processed.
Equipment we take on a decommission
- Servers and rack-mounted computers
- Networking and telecom equipment
- UPS units and the batteries in them
- Cabling pulled from racks and trays
- Hard drives and SSDs
- Monitors and displays from operator desks
Inventory, quote, pickup, data, documents
The sequence is the same at every size: an inventory of what is coming out, an itemized quote written against it, a scheduled pickup, data destruction, then the documentation. Doing the inventory first is what makes the rest of it predictable.
At rack scale the inventory is also the asset record you will want afterwards. IT asset disposition support covers inventory lists, data destruction documents and diversion reporting, which is the paperwork a decommission has to produce for the people who were not in the room.
Access and staging decide the day
Three things move a decommission from a morning to a week: how much there is, how the equipment gets from the rack to the vehicle, and how much of the unracking sits with us rather than with your team.
Server rooms are rarely near a dock, and the ones inside office buildings are usually behind a freight elevator with a weight limit. Equipment already unracked and staged on pallets is a different proposition from equipment still bolted in and cabled.
We collect at the dock, the office suite or the server room itself, as a one-time job or on a recurring basis where a refresh runs in stages.
Nothing is processed with data still on it
Every drive that comes out of a rack is treated as though it still holds production data. Media are wiped or physically destroyed before anything enters the recycling stream, and the job closes with documents listing the devices, the method and the date.
Chain-of-custody records and diversion tonnage come back with the job, which is what a compliance file and a sustainability report each need out of the same collection.
The wider service, including office collections and single-box pickups, is on the electronics recycling page.
Where the drives are the whole job rather than the racks, hard drive destruction covers media on their own.
Need This Handled in Metro Atlanta?
Send a rack count or an equipment list and tell us how the room is reached, and a quote comes back against it.