Iron Mountain secure data center decommissioning

Asset Lifecycle Management

Secure Data Center Decommissioning

The only way to truly protect your data

Safe, secure, and sustainable Data Centre Decommissioning

When the time comes to move or retire data-bearing IT assets from your data centres, it’s absolutely critical to securely and efficiently decommission those assets.

It’s the only way to truly protect your data.

How we can help

When you work with Iron Mountain, you can rest assured that the valuable data hardware that you need to be disposed of securely will be decommissioned reliably.
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Data erasure

Reduce disruption, minimise environmental impacts, and increase recovery value by comprehensively sanitising every data-bearing device. Decommission even the largest data centres 7 – 10 times faster and virtually eliminate the risk of data loss.
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IT asset remarketing

Recover maximum value and drive ROI with Iron Mountain’s industry-leading asset remarketing capabilities.
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Environmentally responsible dispositioning

Ensure that all decommissioning activities adhere to industry best practices and regulatory compliance for environmental impact and HSE.
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Secure chain of custody

Identify and track every serialised asset, wth multiple checkpoints and secure logistics, from client site to world-class processing centres.
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How are we different?

From consolidation to decommissioning of data centres, we deliver expert end-to-end services. We not only make it easy for companies to store their information with us, but we’re also there when it’s time to break down and responsibly dispose of all data centre assets.

Let our experts help you increase operational efficiency, achieve maximum ROI, and ensure comprehensive data security with:


A deeper dive into our Data Centre Decommissioning process:

What We Process: Servers | Storage Systems & Devices | Networking Gear | Computer Tapes | Racking

A deeper dive into Iron Mountain’s data center decommissioning process.

Customer success story: hyperscale services provider

Challenge

Arrival of new servers and storage, which were rapidly losing value while waiting for installation, placed a premium on accelerating decommissioning for this hyperscale services provider. While the nature of the business mandated maximum data security, the provider needed return on investment from asset remarketing to help fund increased tech refreshes.

Solution

Iron Mountain’s custom data centre decommissioning services safely, securely, and efficiently executed comprehensive data erasure, uninstallation, removal, and secure shipment of equipment to state-of-the-art processing facilities for remarketing.

Results

All racks were data-free and ready to be wheeled out four days after the project started. All assets were removed from the client site within two weeks. Remarketing the retired assets netted the client $4.4 million, helping to close budget gaps.


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Data Centre Decommissioning project data points:

  • 297 racks
  • 121,893 drives (HDD, SSD, flash cards)
  • 100% of drives erased or securely destroyed, with certification
  • Data elimination complete in 4 days
  • All racks removed in 2 weeks
  • Client proceeds: $4.4M

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