Every year, millions of retired IT assets are improperly discarded, fueling growing environmental challenges and exposing organizations to unnecessary compliance risks. At Sims Lifecycle Services (SLS), we view this challenge as an opportunity to lead in sustainable IT asset management. Guided by our purpose to create a world without waste, we continually innovate to minimize…
Reduce, reuse, recycle. It’s a phrase we all know – but what happens when reduce isn’t an option? In today’s AI-driven era, organizations are scaling up computing power at an unprecedented rate. As a result, data center capacity isn’t shrinking – it’s expanding – as businesses refresh and upgrade hardware more frequently to keep pace…
Global enterprise and hyperscale clients demand secure, certified, and verifiable data destruction – this is non-negotiable in today’s IT asset disposition (ITAD) landscape. Various methods of data destruction provide complete and irreversible sanitization, though the sustainability benefits vary with each. The most common method, shredding, physically destroys storage devices but eliminates any potential for reuse…
When it comes to IT hardware, the word “used” often comes with hesitation. But in the case of memory modules—specifically DIMMs – pre-owned doesn’t mean risky. In fact, it can mean proven. At SLS, we’re redefining what quality looks like in reused IT hardware, starting with something every data center and IT department needs: memory.…
For the 11th consecutive year, our parent company, Sims Limited, has achieved placement on the Corporate Knights Global 100 Index for 2025, in recognition of our global leadership in sustainability. Our ranking of second on the list underscores our commitment to fostering a more sustainable world and creating measurable positive impacts for businesses, data centers,…
Refurbished semiconductors come to the rescue of data center providers and OEMs As we become more reliant on technology in our everyday lives, the demand for semiconductors is surging. These small chips power everything from digital devices to data centers, and today, they are in short supply across the globe due to COVID-19-related production and supply chain issues. To meet this demand, Sims Lifecyle Services (SLS) is helping customers to recover and redeploy their used semiconductors,…
We were delighted to be invited to speak at the German Datacenter Association e.V.’s networking event in Frankfurt this month. Sims Lifecycle Services (SLS) team members Simon Groneburg and Willem Huiskes delivered one of 5 keynote speeches at the event pursuing the question of how we can create the conditions for all data centers to operate CO2 neutrally by 2030. Alongside…
October 14, 2020 marked the third International E-Waste Day, designed to promote compliant and sustainable disposal of e-waste throughout the world. This year, amid the global pandemic, a particular focus given to education and activities predominantly took place online. Virtual Conference: “A circular economy in E-waste for an Atmanirbhar Bharat” Sims Lifecycle Services’ (SLS) Global…
Patricia Whiting, senior international policy analyst for Sims Lifecycle Services (SLS) recently attended two meetings concerning plastic waste from the perspective of the circular economy and transboundary movement. One symposium was hosted on Feb. 12, 2020 in Washington by the law firm of Beveridge and Diamond; and the other was held in Seychelles, Africa on…
