Professional data center decommission with cable removal, equipment teardown, and server rack disassembly

Data Center Decommissioning Services

Q: What's the difference between decommissioning and relocation?

Decommissioning is a permanent shutdown — cables are removed, equipment is disconnected and recycled, and data is destroyed. Relocation involves moving equipment from your current facility to a new one where it will continue to operate. Many projects include elements of both.

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Data Center Decommissioning Services

When you are closing an office or downsizing, you cannot just yank cables and toss network equipment in the trash. Removal and proper disposal of low voltage cabling and electronic equipment ensures your company is being environmentally responsible.

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Why Proper Decommissioning Matters

Shutting Down Your Facility To Meet Original Lease Conditions

Data center decommissioning is the structured process of powering off, disconnecting, removing and disposing of all IT infrastructure. It involves asset inventory, secure data destruction, cable removal, and proper e-waste procedures.

A data center decommission done wrong exposes your company to data breaches and compliance violations from your building management. Done right, it's smooth and stress-free.

Complete Tear-Down

Racks, cabinets and data cabling are fully removed. Floor tiles are cleaned, walls patched and painted. The room is stripped back to base building so the space is lease-ready.

Data Destruction

NIST 800-88 compliant data wiping and physical shredding. Certificates of Destruction issued for every storage device upon request.

Electronic Recycling

Network equipment and data cabling is safely removed, sorted and taken to verified R2 recycling facilities.

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WHAT'S INCLUDED

Decommissioning Made Easy

Displays, Cameras, Audio, Cabling & Control Systems - All Included

Our team handles everything from inventory to site cleaning.

Technician removing network equipment from a server rack, including switches and cabling, during IT decommissioning and hardware removal.

Network Equipment Removal

Servers, switches, routers, UPSs, and power distribution units are carefully removed from racks, sorted by type of device and marked for recycling, donation or repurposing.

Technician pulling low-voltage network cables from walls and ceiling during structured cabling removal in a server room

Data Cable Pulling

Low voltage cabling is pulled carefully from the walls, ceilings and floors. Cables are boxed up and taken off-site for recycling.

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Site Cleaning

Walls are patched and painted. Floors are swept and spotless. A final walkthrough with photos confirms every condition is visibly met for lease hand-back.

IT Asset Disposition (ITAD)

Electronic equipment is sorted by material, storage devices are wiped and physically shredded. Certificates of Destruction issued.

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Asset Inventory & Documentation

Every asset being donated or recycled is labelled and tracked. Serial numbers, model numbers and condition are documented so you have a full record of what left the space and where it went.

HOW IT WORKS

3 Step Process: Scope & Inventory, Removal, Cleaning & Closeout

4-Step Process: Assess, Design, Install, Test & Train

Every decommission project follows an organized approach, designed for speed, safety, and compliance.

Scope & Inventory

Site walkthroughs before your office shutdown begins to finalize the scope. Complete inventory of IT equipment that is being taken off-site for recycling for asset tracking (as needed).

1-3 days depending on facility size

Removal

Organized removal of network equipment, racks and data cabling. We scale our teams for fast turnaround times. We work with certified electricians for HVAC removal and other electrical systems.

1-2 weeks depending on amount of equipment and cabling

Cleaning & Closeout

Equipment for recycling is taken to verified ITAD facility. Physical space (walls, ceilings, floors) is restored to original state. Site condition is approved as per lease close-out documentation.

Depends on the size of the project, contact our team for an exact estimate.

Decommissioning + ITAD. One Team. Zero Gaps.

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RELATED SERVICES

Data Center Relocation

Relocating offices instead of shutting down operations? Fully secure server room or data center relocation. Scaled to your needs. Phased scheduling if required.

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IT Asset Disposition (ITAD)

Certified data destruction, equipment and furniture recycling and donation. Every decommission project includes ITAD as standard practice.

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Industries We Serve

Our data center decommissioning services support server rooms, colocation and enterprise data centers –– across a wide range of industries including:

• Professional (legal, accounting, insurance)

• Financial (banks, consulting firms)

• Government (municipal and federal buildings)

• Education (universities, school boards)

• Retail (clothing, beauty, etc.)

• Entertainment (music labels, post-production companies)

• Healthcare (hospitals and research facilities)

• And more!

Whether your facility is 15,000 sq ft or 150,000 sq ft, we scale to meet your lease requirements.

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TESTIMONIALS

One Team. Total Accountability. Trusted By Fortune 500 Companies.

Top quality service from the beginning until the last sweep of the broom. Unio Tech made our office decommission a seamless process. Very professional, efficient and through service.

Charry Rauzino

We have been using Unio Tech Solutions for 2 years and they have helped us in many instances. To reconfiguring our rooms from training to meeting as well as company relocation, they were integral to the safe disconnection.

Bryan Hernandez

Got the job done in less time than expected. 10/10 would recommend.

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WHERE WE WORK

Local Server Room Decommission Teams in Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver & Tampa

Reliable decommission technicians in every city we serve –– faster removal, responsible recycling and real accountability.

Toronto

GTA & Northern Ontario

Calgary

Including Red Deer and Edmonton

Vancouver

Downtown core & surrounding area

Tampa

Downtown core & surrounding area

FAQ

Common Questions About Data Center Decoms

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Timeline depends on three things: the size of your facility, the number of cables and amount of equipment, and the date your lease ends. We schedule and scale our teams to keep the project on time and on budget.

If you are not planning to keep or repurpose your storage media devices (hard drives, SSDs, tape drives, etc.) then we recommend that you destroy the data on them for security reasons. Every asset is inventoried. Certificates of Destruction available upon request. On-site shredding is available as well.

Equipment intended for future reuse, such as servers and storage arrays, can have its hard drives securely wiped and documented with a Certificate of Wipe. If data removal is not required, our technicians can instead inventory, pack, and label the equipment for transport to another facility.

Empty. We always do whatever is needed to meet your original lease conditions. Walls are patched and painted, and floors are cleaned. You do a final walkthrough to sign off before the facility is vacated.

Yes, we schedule the project by working backwards from your lease end date to ensure that it gets done on time.

Decommissioning is a permanent shutdown –– cables are removed, equipment is disconnected and recycled, and data is destroyed. Relocation involves moving equipment from your current facility to a new one where it will continue to operate. Many projects include elements of both.

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