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Data center decommissioning

Data center decommissioning backed by 27 years of secure destruction experience.

Founded in 1999, Erecycler brings 27 years of electronics recycling, ITAD, and secure data destruction experience to data center decommissioning. Drives can be destroyed to NIST 800-88 before anything leaves, racks and hardware are removed under chain of custody, and every component is recovered to zero landfill with reporting your security and facilities teams can audit.

Available nationwide — Erecycler travels to data center and multi-site clients across Texas and the United States for onsite decommissioning, witnessed media destruction, responsible removal staff, and full chain-of-custody reporting.

Plan a decommission Server recycling
Decommission recordCHAIN OF CUSTODY
Drives destroyed onsiteCertified
Racks & hardware pulledTracked
Components recoveredRecycled
Disposition reportDelivered
Why experience matters

Older than many data centers. Focused on what happens after the migration.

Since 1999, Erecycler has handled secure electronics recycling and data destruction for organizations that cannot afford loose ends. That history matters during a decommission: the work is not just hauling equipment. It is controlled removal, onsite media destruction when required, asset-level documentation, recycling accountability, and a final record your IT, security, facilities, and accounting teams can stand behind.

For Texas projects, we support Dallas-Fort Worth from our Garland facility and can coordinate Austin, Houston, San Antonio, Waco, and statewide data center work. For national projects, we travel to the site so chain of custody starts where the hardware sits.

27 years in secure recycling Serialized asset logs Certificates and reports R2 compliant practices
What we handle

Built for high-density environments

Onsite drive destructionData destroyed to NIST 800-88 before assets leave your floor — see methods.
Rack & hardware removalServers, switches, storage, and racks pulled and removed under chain of custody.
Serialized trackingEvery asset logged for an audit-ready ITAD disposition report.
Zero-landfill recoveryBoards, metals, and components manually dismantled and recovered.
Minimize downtime

Scheduled around your migration

Decommissioning is as much logistics as recycling. We coordinate around your migration and access windows, destroy data on site so nothing sensitive travels intact, and recover what’s left. Pair it with server recycling for the hardware and full-service recycling for everything else.

Onsite data destruction

We scan and destroy onsite — before anything leaves the building.

Because we travel to your facility nationwide, every drive can be inventoried, barcode-scanned, and physically destroyed on site, under witness, to NIST 800-88 standards — so your data never leaves your control.

Onsite inventory & barcode scanEvery asset serialized and logged before we touch it.
Witnessed media destructionDrives physically destroyed in front of your team, on site.
Sealed chain of custodyDocumented from rack to destruction — nothing leaves unaccounted.
Certificate of destructionSerialized report and certificate for your compliance file.
Full-facility scope

From a single rack to a whole facility.

Servers & bladesRack and blade servers de-racked and processed.
Storage arrays & SAN/NASEnterprise storage with all media accounted for.
Hard drives, SSDs & tapeEvery media type destroyed to NIST 800-88.
Networking & switchesSwitches, routers, and fabric hardware.
Racks, PDUs & UPSCabinets, power, and cooling infrastructure.
Cabling & ancillaryStructured cabling and supporting hardware.
Security & compliance

Documented, witnessed, defensible.

NIST 800-88 sanitizationMedia destroyed to recognized federal guidelines.
Witnessed onsite destructionYour team watches the media destroyed.
Serialized asset reportingFull ITAD reporting, asset by asset.
Zero-landfill recyclingProcessed through our Garland, TX facility.
Data center decommissioning FAQ

Questions operators ask.

Do you destroy drives onsite at our data center?
Yes. Because we travel to your site, we inventory, barcode-scan, and physically destroy media onsite, under witness, to NIST 800-88 standards — before anything leaves the building.
Where do you provide onsite data center service?
Nationwide. We dispatch to data center and multi-location clients across the United States.
Do you provide a certificate of destruction and an asset report?
Yes. Every engagement includes serialized asset reporting and a certificate of destruction for your compliance file.
Can you handle a full-facility decommission?
Yes — from a single rack to an entire room or facility, scheduled around your migration.
What happens to the hardware after the data is destroyed?
Recovered equipment is processed through our zero-landfill recycling chain at our Garland, Texas facility.
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By metro

Data-center decommissioning, metro by metro

We travel from our Garland, Texas facility to data-center markets nationwide — onsite teardown, witnessed drive destruction, and full chain of custody, wherever the racks are.

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Decommissioning a room or a whole facility?

Tell us the footprint and timeline. We’ll build the plan.

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