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Growth and Sustainability Imperatives Drive IT Circularity in the Data Center Environment

Future Growth Potential of New Services to Meet IT Circular Logistics, Data, and Life Cycle Management Requirements


RELEASE DATE
06-Sep-2022
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Global
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Market Research

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K771-01-00-00-00
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IT04573-GL-MT_26885
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Growth and Sustainability Imperatives Drive IT Circularity in the Data Center Environment
Published on: 06-Sep-2022 | SKU: IT04573-GL-MT_26885

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The circular economy (CE) is a framework with efficiency at its core (do more with less), aiming to decouple economic activity from the consumption of finite resources. In IT, the data center environment is transforming the CE framework into different in-house capabilities and services that third-party companies offer. These capabilities and services include IT maintenance, managed services, operations, logistics, decommissioning, data destruction and sanitization, repairs, refurbishing, remarketing, and recycling. CE, given its nature, involves the whole supply chain, and any analysis and action must be taken with a systemic approach.

This study includes revenue estimation for IT’s second-life resell global market, including servers, network equipment, and storage devices, and IT’s recycled market comprising servers and hard disk drive (HDD) devices, but not networking assets.

In addition, this research service includes recommendations for OEMs, data center operators, and regulatory bodies, emphasizing the need to operate with the CE framework at a high-priority level.

Author: Leonardo Sampieri

Why is it Increasingly Difficult to Grow?

The Strategic Imperative 8™

The Impact of the Top 3 Strategic Imperatives on the Data Center’s Circular IT Market

Growth Opportunities Fuel the Growth Pipeline Engine™

Key Highlights

Key Highlights (continued)

Definitions and Acronyms

Defining Circularity

Defining Circularity (continued)

Defining IT Circularity in the Data Center Environment

Defining IT Circularity in the Data Center Environment (continued)

Servitization—How the Market Is Implementing Circularity

Measuring IT Circularity in the Data Center Industry—Introduction

Measuring IT Circularity in the Data Center Industry—Materials Flow Level

Measuring IT Circularity in the Data Center Industry—Product Level

Measuring IT Circularity in the Data Center Industry—Organizational Level

Challenges in Measuring IT Circularity in the Data Center Industry

Organizations Developing CE Standards and Instruments

Certifications in the Circular IT Data Center Space

Certifications in the Circular IT Data Center Space (continued)

IT Second-life Resale Global Market Size

IT Second-life Resale Global Market Size (continued)

IT Second-life Resale Global Market Size (continued)

Recycled IT Global Market Size

Recycled IT Global Market Size (continued)

Growth Metrics

Growth Drivers

Growth Drivers Analysis

Growth Restraints

Growth Restraint Analysis

Leaders in the Circular IT Data Center Space

Leaders in the Circular IT Data Center Space (continued)

Leaders in the Circular IT Data Center Space (continued)

Leading Companies in the Circular IT Data Center Space

Leading Companies in the Circular IT Data Center Space (continued)

Leading Companies in the Circular IT Data Center Space (continued)

Leading Companies in the Circular IT Data Center Space (continued)

Leading Companies in the Circular IT Data Center Space (continued)

Recommendations

Growth Opportunity 1—Circular IT Services for the Edge Data Centers Segment

Growth Opportunity 1—Circular IT Services for the Edge Data Centers Segment (continued)

Growth Opportunity 2—Digital Tools for Circular IT

Growth Opportunity 2—Digital Tools for Circular IT (continued)

Growth Opportunity 3—Reverse Logistics for Circular IT Economies

Growth Opportunity 3—Reverse Logistics for Circular IT Economies (continued)

Growth Opportunity 4—Life Cycle Solutions for Circular IT Economies

Growth Opportunity 4—Life Cycle Solutions for Circular IT Economies (continued)

List of Exhibits

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List of Figures
  • Data Center’s Circular IT Market: IT’s Second-life Resell, Global, 2020
  • Data Center’s Circular IT Market: Recycled IT, Global, 2020
  • Data Center’s Circular IT Market: Growth Drivers, Global, 2021–2027
  • Data Center’s Circular IT Market: Growth Restraints, Global, 2021–2027

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