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Issue 5: Market Signals, OEM Control, and the Coming Hardware Wave

The first week of September brought little movement in the IT asset disposition and electronics recycling sector. There were no new mergers, expansions, or major policy announcements. To make this week’s edition useful, we are drawing from six of our latest research papers. Each one examines a theme that will shape the industry over the next several quarters, from  ITAD vendor Close the Loop’s downturn illustrating the limits of chasing volume without quality to late-summer economic signals pointing to weaker sentiment even as hardware demand remains resilient. We look at Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s growth highlighting how OEMs are tightening control over disposition channels, and the Windows 10 licensing cutoff showing how software deadlines can swiftly change resale dynamics. We also analyze how a temporary surge in PC activity, fueled by operating system transitions, AI-capable devices, and data-center upgrades, is creating a concentrated window of elevated volumes.

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ITAD M&A Activity: Transaction Trends, Buyer Strategy and Market Direction

Twenty-two ITAD transactions closed between October 2024 and July 2026. Deal frequency held flat year over year, but composition shifted: private equity platforms moved from opportunistic bolt-ons to stated, multi-deal roll-up programs, buyers began acquiring governance and program-management capability alongside processing capacity, and materials companies with no prior ITAD history took equity positions tied directly to data-center hardware lifecycle value.

Intel’s CapEx Tops $20B on Server Demand While PC Volume Shrinks: ITAD Firms Should Plan for Two Separate Asset Cycles

Intel’s second quarter added a concrete data point to what has otherwise been a quarter of announcements: the company is raising 2026 capital spending to more than $20 billion, roughly $3 billion above its prior plan, and told investors that 2027 spending will go significantly higher still. This capital plan carries more weight for the end-of-life sector than the earnings beat. It points to the size of the fleet now entering production.

Alphabet’s 2Q2026 Results: More Capital Spending and Cloud Backlog

Alphabet spent $44.9 billion in a single quarter building AI infrastructure, and raised its full-year guidance to $195–$205 billion. For anyone in decommissioning or ITAD, that number bodes well as it should be interpreted as a forward order book for the hardware this...

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