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Tech Check: Where Automation Actually Pays Off in ITAD

Automation is moving into ITAD, but the investment case is not simply “buy robotics.” This report examines where technologies such as robotic disassembly, computer vision, AI sorting, testing, and chain-of-custody platforms can improve recovery value, throughput, compliance, and reporting. The key is to automate the operating constraint, starting with the workflows where manual handling is costing margin or creating risk, establish a baseline, and invest only where technology delivers measurable economics and evidence.

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

Jul 27, 2026

Alphabet’s Q2 2026 earnings call put a number on the AI buildout: $44.9 billion in quarterly capex, with guidance raised to $195–$205 billion for the year. For ITAD and recycling providers, the real story isn’t the revenue growth, it’s the asset volume that spending signals down the line.

Corporate Strategy: Blancco Bets on the Drive, Not the Device, as It Chases a Recover-First IT Market

Jul 13, 2026

Blancco is rebuilding its business around the ‘drive’, not the device, betting that surging AI infrastructure and component scarcity are pushing ITAD from “destruct-first” to “recover-first.” The company’s new strategy centers on data-bearing drives, data center decommissioning, and mobile, positioning certified erasure and diagnostics as the backbone of a market where assets move fluidly between enterprises, processors, and secondary channels.