Asperitas and ITRenew bring sustainable, PnP datacenter solutions full circle

Reduce, reuse and recycle. By now, most of us are familiar with the three Rs. But every year, we’re seeing larger amounts of waste, particularly electronic waste, piling up in landfills. In 2019 alone, we reached approximately 54 million metric tons of e-waste globally, with that number only expected to grow due to increased demand of electronics through the Covid-19 pandemic. This is where the US-based ITRenew is looking to do its part to change the game in the datacenter industry.

“Part of ITRenew’s core business is working with large, hyperscale companies, like Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Dropbox and many others, to decommission their old datacenter equipment and give it new life,” says Erik Riedel, VP of engineering for ITRenew’s Sesame product line. “These companies are replacing equipment every two to four years, which would typically just be thrown out. Our goal is to take this equipment and create economic value by extending the life of the material and reusing it in the solutions we provide to our customers. In doing this we aim for 80-90 percent re-certified content, which results in our customers saving anywhere from 30-50 percent compared to buying through traditional OEMs – putting a real focus on the circular economy.”