Data Center Decommissioning
Disposal & Recycling
Data center decommissioning is an important and often overlooked step for businesses of all sizes. Decommissioning means removing your data center equipment from your facility and handling the process securely, responsibly, and at a low cost to you.
Data centers store and process vast amounts of information. As newer and more advanced systems arrive, retiring legacy data centers becomes part of the cycle, and the way you retire them matters.
Call (404) 905-8235 for Atlanta data center decommissioning, disposal, and recycling services.
You found a reputable local electronics recycling company for complete data center decommissioning across the Atlanta metro area. We remove and recycle your obsolete data center equipment, and we purchase any data center equipment you have for sale.
Businesses in Atlanta need to retire data center equipment the right way. Beyond Surplus offers several paths, including recycling, donation, and resale, with certified data destruction built into every project.
Why should you use our Data Center Decommissioning Service?
Data center decommissioning, disposal, recycling, and relocation projects demand comprehensive planning, fast turnaround, and many coordinated activities running at once. Beyond Surplus handles every part of the work.
Each project includes the systematic disposal of retired IT assets. We provide complete asset tracking and decommissioning to support both upgrades and full shutdowns, and we offer these services at no cost depending on the equipment and the scope of the project.
Is your data center shutting down? Are you relocating it? Are you decommissioning it? Beyond Surplus can help with all three. Some companies make you pay for decommissioning and removal, then profit by brokering off your valuable assets afterward. We work the other way. We assess the value upfront, purchase your equipment of value before removal begins, and tell you plainly whether each item is scrap or holds value.
What Is Included With Data Center Decommissioning, Disposal, and Recycling Services
1. Pickup For Qualifying Businesses
Schedule a free pickup for equipment that qualifies, with the list sent to you when you complete the form. We remove, pack, and transport it to our facility.
2. Flexible Intake For Every Business
Businesses can also deliver any number of accepted items to our Smyrna warehouse during business hours, with no appointment required. This suits equipment that falls outside free pickup or any business that prefers to drop off directly.
3. Recycling And Disposal In Full Compliance
We recycle and dispose of all equipment under local and federal regulations, through R2 downstream vendors, with zero electronic waste sent to landfill. Your equipment stays off any burn pile overseas.
4. Free In House Hard Drive Shredding
Free DoD 5220.22-M data wipe or physical shredding to your specifications. We never subcontract data destruction. It all happens in house at our facility, which sets us apart from city run sites and big box stores.
5. Certificate Of Recycling And Data Destruction
A contractual written guarantee that your equipment is recycled and disposed of responsibly and your data is destroyed beyond recovery. Local recyclers, big box stores, and city or county sites provide no such guarantee. Beyond Surplus does.
6. Overview Pictures Of The Equipment
We photograph your equipment when it arrives at our warehouse for visual verification of delivery, along with a delivery report that serves as a transfer of liability.
7. Full Logistics, Handled For You
e manage pickup and delivery from your locations using our own equipment or a trucking partner. We provide the labor to move and palletize equipment onsite, and our technicians remove equipment from racks and walls when needed.
We Specialize In Data Center Decommissioning, Disposal, and Recycling
We build a detailed list and value assessment of every item, covering resale value, scrap items, items removed at no value, and structural areas to be removed or demolished. About the only thing harder than building a data center is shutting one down, because the risk of business disruption runs higher on the way out. Beyond Surplus meets that risk with solutions.
Are you consolidating data centers or consolidating servers?
Data center closure can be straightforward. The Beyond Surplus closure services are convenient and, depending on the scope and scale of the project, often free.
Data Center Data Security And Data Destruction Services
Equipment that fails to meet reuse standards, or is obsolete, or is contractually barred from remarketing, is completely destroyed by demanufacture and physical destruction. See Atlanta hard drive shredding for more.
Call (404) 905-8235 for Atlanta data center decommissioning.
We are the premier data center decommissioning company in Atlanta, unrivaled from planning to execution. We help you develop decommissioning best practices and a checklist with a clear time frame. From decommissioning to demolition, deconstruction, teardown, asset recovery, and asset recycling, we do it all. We also remove secondary equipment like docking stations, UPS units, keyboards, and mice, which pile up faster than you expect.
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Certified Data Center Decommissioning
Data centers are the backbone of any business and need steady maintenance and upkeep. Retiring old or outdated equipment is difficult and time consuming to do on your own, which is why a professional Atlanta data center equipment disposal service matters. Call (404) 905-8235 for data center disposal services in Alpharetta. Whether you are closing a full data center or just one or more cages in a colocation facility, we can help. We know Atlanta, and we offer free data center disposal services here. Our services are certified, and you can request a Certificate of Recycling and Data Destruction once the equipment is picked up and processed at our facility.
Atlanta Data Center Decommissioning Disposal and Recycling Intake Center
Decommissioning a data center is a complex and crucial process that involves shutting down and removing all the hardware, software, and infrastructure components. It is a necessary step for organizations upgrading technology, consolidating operations, or adapting to changing business needs.
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Our Process
Businesses can schedule a pickup. Residential customers can mail-in or schedule a pickup for a fee
Compile List of Items to be Recycled
Provide as much detail as possible. e.g 5 computers, 3 printers, 2 laptops, etc.
Contact Beyond Surplus and Request a Recycling Pick up or Drop off
Schedule over the phone, by email or by filling out our form
Pick Up or Drop Off
We Handle Logistics
Secure Wiping Data
Our wiping methods are certified. Rest assured your data and information is secure with beyond surplus. Certificates of destruction available upon request.
Certification
Certificates of recycling & data destruction are available for each load of equipment picked up. These are contractual written guarantees that your equipment will be disposed of responsibly.
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FAQs
Why should I take my old electronics to an electronic recycling center?
When it comes to disposing of old electronics, electronic recycling centers provide the most responsible and environmentally friendly solution. Electronic recycling is a process that repurposes electronic components such as computers and mobile phones into new, usable items like new computers or cell phones. By taking your old electronics to a recycling center, you will be preventing them from entering landfills where they can cause considerable environmental damage due to hazardous materials such as lead and mercury. In fact, research shows that throwing away an old computer can contribute more than 4 pounds of greenhouse gases into the environment!
Why should hard drives be destroyed by professionals?
Data security: improper disposal of old hard drives can lead to severe data breaches.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is responsible for enforcing the “Disposal Rule” which requires companies to properly dispose of personally identifiable information (PII) on computer hard drives or other digital media. The goal is to reduce the risk of data breaches and identity theft by holding companies accountable for their handling of consumer information. This rule sets the crosshairs of the FTC on the computer-recycling, IT Asset Disposal and digital media destruction process of an organization.
Can you recycle iPads?
Yes, you can absolutely recycle your old iPad. iPad recycling or any other electronic device is one of the best ways to reduce waste and limit environmental damage. The benefits of recycling your old device are countless—not only does it keep gadgets out of landfills, but it also helps extend the life cycle of materials used in manufacturing new products and decreases the need to harvest more raw materials from the planet’s resources.
Do you have a list of items you accept for recycling?
Do you Accept Paper, Cardboard, Glass?
NO, Please contact your local City or sanitation department for the proper recycling & disposal of these item types.
Do you pick up large office copiers?
Yes, Just the copiers? Copiers Only? Request a quote, Can The Fee Be Waived? Yes Only if picked up with 2 or more pallets worth of computer or IT equipment to offset the cost. Copiers can be dropped off at our warehouse.
Do you buy scrap metal or aluminum cans? Are you a scrap metal yard?
NO, Beyond Surplus currently DOES NOT purchase ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metals. We do accept scrap metal with NO Pay NO Charge.
Who recycles computers in Atlanta?
We provide it equipment disposal services to a wide range of clients, including government agencies, healthcare providers, schools, universities, data centers, residential customers and much more.
What area do you service?
We pickup Nationwide from all contiguous United States. Handling All aspects of pickup, removal, and logistics.
Do you have minimum quantity pickup requirements for businesses?
Must the equipment be on a pallet before being picked up?
NO, The best possible way to transport LARGE QUANTITY of obsolete computer equipment is on pallets. Gaylord (Bulk) boxes (a 4-cube, heavy cardboard box that is filled on a pallet) provide the best stability.
We have found that neatly stacking components, even monitors, on a pallet will be stable for transport if shrink-wrapped well.
While having the equipment packed or palletized prior to pick up is ideal and results in a quick pick up, we know some businesses are located in High rise buildings, office parks, or locations without a loading dock or have no Pallets or Boxes to prepare the equipment for pick up. This is not a problem, Let us know, we come prepared with all the required equipment to safely remove the equipment from your building to our truck and to our warehouse.
Do you have an area that the equipment be dropped off at your warehouse after business hours?
NO, All equipment drop offs must be supervised during business hours per EPA guidelines.
Do you pick up items for recycling from homes?
NO, RESIDENTIAL pick ups are available at this time, however items can be dropped off at our warehouse. This includes businesses operated out out homes.
Please refer to the yellow pages for companies that offer residential pickup if items cannot be dropped off at the Beyond Surplus warehouse.
Are there any limits to the amount of electronics customers can drop off?
NO, you can drop off or Businesses can schedule pick up of any quantity of items on our Accepted Items list.
Can I Schedule a Pickup over the Phone?
NO, We prefer that you submit a pickup request online at your convenience gathering all the required information, some information like pictures of equipment and inventory lists cannot be sent over the phone furthermore an online signature is required for all pickup requests.
Do you have other drop off locations In Georgia?
NO, Just the Smyrna location. If you are unable to drop off items at the Marietta Beyond Surplus warehouse please contact your city, county or sanitation department for your nearest recycling drop off center.
Can I mail in my equipment to be recycled by USPS, FedEx, UPS or Freight?
YES, Please contact us for instructions, depending on the items we can pay for shipping.
Do you charge a fee to pick up equipment for recycling?
Contact Us With A List Of Equipment You Have to go over your options. Beyond Surplus will handle the logistics of equipment pick-up and delivery to its warehouse from your company’s location(s). We also make arrangements to use our own equipment, and or a trucking company to facilitate pick-up and delivery. Beyond Surplus will provide the labor to move and palletize the equipment on site and deliver to its warehouse if necessary. Additionally, Beyond Surplus will provide technicians to de-install equipment if necessary.
Do you charge a fee for recycling?
Yes & No, One of the most frequently asked questions is, “Is there a Fee to drop off equipment for recycling?” For the most part NO depending on the items, please check our accepted items page to determine if there is a fee or not.
NO Charge for Computer LCD or LED Monitors
Do you pay for equipment dropped off for recycling?
NO, some equipment actually costs Beyond Surplus to recycle and dispose off correctly.