When Going Green Brings You Further into the Black – DCM

Tim Phillips, Techbuyer Sales Director, puts forward a solid business case for refurbished equipment in the Data Centre Management (DCM) magazine. DCM is a quarterly print title for IT and corporate managers who are responsible for data centre strategy and management. Techbuyer was featured in the Summer 2018 edition, which has an audience of over 250,000 IT infrastructure professionals.

Article Summary

  • Google has publicised in its report “Circular Economy at Work in Google Data Centres”, that in 2015, 75% of components consumed in its spares programme were refurbished inventory and 19% of servers were remanufactured machines.
  • More and more colocation companies, enterprise and public-sector data centres are getting on board with the refurb trend, while at the same time making money from selling equipment they no longer need into the secondary market.
  • The tech sector is under scrutiny as one of the most resource-hungry modern industries, with a heavy reliance on precious metals, plastics and steel. Reusing where we can while we improve and adapt our systems is a smart long-term solution for all of us.

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