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Summary: IntelliTAD #18: $725B in AI Capex, Foreign Equity, and a Closing Window

This issue covers what's reshaping the ITAD and electronics recycling industry in the back half of 2026. Hyperscaler capital spending, $725 billion this year, is keeping equipment flowing through the disposition channel and used-server values elevated as memory...
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Corporate Strategy: Paladin EnviroTech: Strategic Positioning in the Critical Materials Recovery Market

Aug 18, 2026

Eighteen months after its founding, Paladin EnviroTech is targeting rare earths and other metals that conventional refiners don’t currently report or pay out on — an estimated 15 to 22 metals present in e-scrap waste streams. The company’s joint venture with Critical Materials Recycling is scaling rare earth recovery from 40 to 300 metric tons a year, why precious-metals refining still runs through Japan, and where Paladin’s managed-services business fits into its pitch to hyperscalers. This report unpacks the strategy, the execution risk, and what it means for corporate and OEM buyers evaluating Paladin as a partner.

Corporate Strategy: Inside ERI’s Global Playbook. What Vietnam Reveals About the Company’s Next Moves

Aug 12, 2026

ERI is betting on Asia because the region combines fast-growing IT hardware volumes with a shortage of formal, enterprise-grade disposition infrastructure. After expanding its U.S. footprint, ERI’s next growth opportunity lies in markets such as Japan and Vietnam, where data-center buildout, electronics manufacturing and digitalization are increasing equipment retirements faster than secure, transparent ITAD capacity. By partnering with ITOCHU and VSD Holdings, ERI gains local market access while bringing its own data-security, traceability and closed-loop recycling model to markets still shaped in part by informal recycling.