IBM announced that it plans to launch a standalone quantum chip foundry company with support from a proposed $1 billion CHIPS Act award. The announcement adds another signal that the United States is accelerating investment in advanced computing infrastructure.
AI Vision Is Moving to Line in E‑Waste Sorting
AI‑driven camera sorting is moving into practical plant‑floor tools for ITAD and electronics recyclers. Early systems like Apple’s A.R.I.S. show that low‑cost vision models running on commodity hardware can drive pneumatic sorters at line speed and deliver high‑purity metal and PCB streams, suggesting that facilities which start piloting these techniques now will gain a structural edge on recovery, cost, and specification compliance over the next three to five years.
M&A: DMD acquires ITAD firm Lifespan, outlines acquisition strategy
DMD Systems Recovery has detailed an aggressive, multi-phase acquisition strategy in the IT asset disposition (ITAD) space and confirmed that the first deal under that framework involves acquiring the Lifespan ITAD business from Bluum Technology.
Outlook: $60 billion in AI servers deploying now will create ITAD’s most complex EOL challenge by 2029
Dell guided to $60 billion in AI server revenue for its current fiscal year alone. Lenovo reports a $21 billion AI...
How critical mineral alliances aim to shape the future of e scrap metals
ReElement Technologies, a company that specializes in refining rare earth elements and battery materials from both...
Metals and electronics recycling firms report stronger downstream trends
Recent disclosures from three leading metals and electronics recycling firms point to resilient earnings and generally...
Raised Aurubis guidance sends positive signal for circuit board and metals recovery markets
Hamburg-based metals recycler and smelter Aurubis has raised its full-year earnings forecast after reporting stronger...
Corporate Strategy: Dave Bernstein on ITAD Channels, Compliance and the Long Game in Enterprise Asset Disposition
In this episode of Compliance Standards’ the Trending Paths podcast, we zoom out from pallets and serial numbers to...
Quantum expands plastics recovery as North American growth strategy takes shape
Canada-based Quantum Lifecycle Partners has launched an advanced plastics separation system designed to recover...
Q1 earnings confirm a wave of decommissioning work ahead for ITAD
The current earnings season shows continued momentum in the tech sector with positive implications on the ITAD sector....
Iron Mountain puts ITAD at the center of its growth story, but exposures to component prices and hyperscale demand could test it
Iron Mountain's first-quarter results look exceptional on the surface, and in many respects they are. But a closer...
Apple leads on inputs, faces questions on ITAD
Apple’s latest environmental milestone, a claim that 30% of the material in all products it shipped in 2025 was...
Data Security: Windows AI Recall is pushing data destruction upstream
Every Copilot+ PC that arrives at an ITAD dock this year is potentially carrying something that didn’t exist on a...
Secondary Market: Intel boosts margins by selling what it used to scrap
On April 27, Resource Recycling reported on Intel’s latest earnings call. But the company’s results also contained a...
Corporate Strategy: Paladin EnviroTech: Operating Thesis, Build Model, and Forward Outlook
The formation of Paladin EnviroTech reflects a deliberate attempt to construct an IT asset disposition organization...
Corporate News: Peters-Michaud named CEO, Houghton chair of Sage Sustainable Electronics
Sage Sustainable Electronics, the Closed Loop Partners–backed IT asset disposition (ITAD) company that has rolled up...
Markets/Corporate: What Intel’s blockbuster quarter means for ITAD
Intel’s first-quarter 2026 earnings report landed with a force few on Wall Street anticipated. Revenue came in at...
Client Note: HPE Downgrade Highlights Demand Fragility and Uneven AI Monetization
On April 13, Raymond James downgraded Hewlett Packard Enterprise. The stock dropped 3%. Most coverage focused on AI...