The Circular Data Center: How ‘Reuse-First’ ITAD Turns E-Waste into a Revenue Stream
For decades, data center end-of-life hardware has been treated as an "e-waste" problem. It's a cost center, a compliance headache, and an environmental liability that needs to be "disposed of" as cheaply and quietly as possible. This "take-make-dispose" model is broken. It's financially short-sighted and environmentally unsustainable. Leading data center operators are now embracing a new, far more profitable model: The Circular Data Center. This model reframes "e-waste" as "under-utilized assets." It shifts the entire focus of ITAD from disposal to value recovery....