Value Recovery
Direct purchasing and resale on your behalf give qualifying enterprise equipment a practical route out of storage.
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Server & Data Center Liquidation
Sell surplus enterprise hardware. Recover its remaining value.
Sell qualifying surplus servers, storage and networking equipment through direct purchasing or agreed resale, with data destruction and documented disposition.
Headquartered in Livonia, serving Southeast Michigan.
Enterprise hardware liquidation with data accountability
Retire surplus servers, storage and networking equipment after a technology refresh, consolidation or capacity change. eLake combines Value Recovery with the data services and project records your organization needs.
Value Recovery
Enterprise hardware can retain resale value after a refresh or consolidation. eLake evaluates qualifying servers, storage and networking equipment for direct purchasing or agreed resale on your behalf.
- Fair Market Value Assessment
- Review qualifying equipment by model, configuration, condition and current buyer demand.
- Equipment Grading
- Assess equipment condition and resale suitability.
- IT Asset Remarketing
- Connect qualifying computers, servers, networking equipment and related technology with resale channels.
- Value Recovery Settlement
- Provide an agreed purchase offer or recovery settlement for equipment sold on your behalf.
Data Destruction Methods & Proof
Choose wiping / media sanitization or physical destruction for the equipment involved. Data-service planning follows applicable NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2 guidance, with destruction certificates and erasure proof provided as agreed.
- NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2
- Media-sanitization guidance informs data-service planning for the device and your organization's requirements.
- Wiping / Media Sanitization
- Erase data from qualifying drives and devices while preserving suitable equipment for continued use.
- Physical Destruction
- Physically destroy storage media through the agreed destruction route, with a Certificate of Data Destruction as agreed.
- Proof of Erasure
- Receive erasure records for qualifying devices processed through wiping / media sanitization.
Liquidation Reporting & Closeout
Close out the equipment project with the agreed sale, recovery and disposition records. Data-destruction and recycling certificates can be included where applicable.
- Asset Inventory Manifest
- Record included assets and their agreed disposition.
- Buyer & Sale Summary
- Summarize the agreed resale activity for equipment sold on your behalf.
- Value Recovery Settlement
- Provide the agreed purchase or resale recovery summary for qualifying equipment.
- Disposition Report
- Record the completed resale, recycling or responsible downstream outcome.
Why choose eLake
One Livonia-based team for enterprise equipment evaluation, data services, collection and documented closeout. Liquidation is focused on the hardware you are retiring—not a requirement to close your entire facility.
Data Destruction
Address stored information on retired drives and devices through the applicable wiping or physical destruction service.
ITAD Reporting
Keep the inventory, handoff, data-service and final disposition records selected for your project.
Server and data-center equipment we handle
Servers
Rack, tower and enterprise servers retired after upgrades, consolidation or capacity changes.
Storage and drives
Storage arrays, disk systems, hard drives, SSDs and related data-bearing hardware.
Networking equipment
Switches, routers, firewalls and other qualifying network infrastructure.
Racks and infrastructure
Retired racks and supporting equipment considered with the wider enterprise hardware project.
UPS and PDUs
Supporting data-center power equipment evaluated with the proposed equipment stream.
Parts and accessories
Computer parts, cables and related components included with surplus enterprise equipment.
Certifications and compliance
Our certifications and management systems support responsible electronics handling. Data-service planning follows federal media-sanitization guidance, with documentation available for your organization.
R2v3 Certified
R2v3 certification supports responsible electronics asset management, reuse, recycling, and documented downstream disposition.
ISO Certifications
- ISO 9001:2015Quality management
- ISO 14001:2015Environmental management
- ISO 45001:2018Occupational health and safety
NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2
Guidance for addressing information on retired drives, computers and other data-bearing equipment.
Federal media-sanitization guidanceRegistered with Michigan EGLE for applicable electronics recycling and takeback activities.
Our process
From surplus equipment to a documented outcome.
Describe the equipment
Tell us what servers, storage or networking equipment are leaving service and what you want to accomplish.
Review Value Recovery
Discuss direct purchasing or resale for qualifying hardware, with data services and project documentation agreed.
Coordinate collection and data services
Arrange the equipment handoff and applicable Wiping / Media Sanitization or physical destruction.
Receive the project records
Close out the agreed recovery or recycling arrangement with the applicable certificates, erasure proof and disposition records.
Common questions
Do we have to close the entire data center to sell equipment?
No. Server liquidation can cover a partial refresh, storage replacement, surplus lot or facility consolidation. You can sell retired hardware without decommissioning the whole site.
Can eLake buy our servers and storage directly?
Yes, qualifying enterprise hardware can be considered for direct purchasing. Resale on your behalf is another option. Equipment type, condition and current demand affect the available Value Recovery.
What happens to data on drives and storage equipment?
Data services can include Wiping / Media Sanitization or physical destruction. Planning follows NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2 guidance, with Proof of Erasure or a Certificate of Data Destruction for the applicable service.
Can usable and end-of-life equipment be included in one project?
Yes. Qualifying equipment can be evaluated for Value Recovery while accepted obsolete or failed electronics follow responsible recycling, with data requirements addressed for applicable equipment.
What documentation can we receive?
Agreed records can include an Asset Inventory Manifest, Chain of Custody Record, Certificate of Data Destruction, Proof of Erasure, Certificate of Recycling and Disposition Report. ESG reporting can also be arranged.
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Have surplus servers or enterprise equipment?
You do not need to have everything finalized yet. A short equipment overview is enough to begin the conversation.
(734) 469-4111