Data Center Decommissioning
Data center decommissionings typically involve a mix of power infrastructure, cooling equipment, and IT hardware — often documented across different spreadsheets, asset tags, and facility drawings rather than one clean list. You don't need to have that consolidated before starting; a general description of the facility, whatever inventory or photos you already have, and your timeline are enough for us to begin evaluating the opportunity.
What's typically involved
A decommissioning can include power equipment (UPS systems, generators, switchgear, PDUs, transformers, busway), cooling equipment (CRAC/CRAH units, chillers), server racks and cabinets, and IT equipment such as servers, storage systems, and networking gear.
Whatever documentation you have — an equipment spreadsheet, a PDF asset list, facility photos, or floor plans — is useful. If you don't have a consolidated inventory yet, a walkthrough description and photos are enough to start.
Mixed asset inventories are normal
Most data center decommissionings involve equipment that would naturally go to different buyers — a power equipment dealer, an IT asset disposition specialist, a cooling equipment buyer. That's expected. We evaluate the full inventory and work to connect the relevant parts of it with buyers positioned for that specific equipment.
Data on servers and storage equipment
If your inventory includes servers, storage systems, or other equipment that may hold data, you remain responsible for ensuring that data is appropriately and securely handled before the equipment changes hands. We do not perform data destruction, sanitization, or any certified data security service ourselves — this typically requires a specialized IT asset disposition (ITAD) or data destruction provider, and involving one is worth planning for early in the process.
What we do — and don't do
We review decommissioning submissions and work to connect them with buyers, dealers, brokers, auctioneers, or liquidators appropriate to the equipment involved. We don't perform the physical decommissioning ourselves — electrical disconnection, rigging, equipment removal, environmental handling (such as battery or refrigerant disposal), or data destruction are specialized services typically arranged separately, often by the buyer or a contractor you engage directly. We are not a licensed auctioneer, appraiser, or dealer, and we don't guarantee a sale price or timeline.