Retired IT Could Help Fund AI Investment, Iron Mountain Research Finds

📅 October 19, 2026 - Enterprises could offset some AI investment costs by recovering value from retired IT equipment, according to new Iron Mountain research. The study found that 17% of organizations already use reclaimed IT spending to support AI, highlighting an opportunity to incorporate hardware resale into infrastructure budgets, subject to equipment value, processing charges, and demand in secondary hardware markets.

For infrastructure buyers, that puts the disposal plan alongside the purchase order. Retired equipment can retain financial value after its original owner stops using it. Whether that value makes a meaningful contribution to the next deployment depends on what can be sold, when it reaches [...][... Check source for end of article ...]

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