France is emerging as Europe’s clearest example of electronics value shifting from recycling toward reuse and lifecycle management: Commercial proof points are mounting — Back Market closed 2025 with $3.5 billion in GMV and its first profitable year, while Amazon’s €15 billion investment roadmap, Google’s first French data center, and SoftBank’s €45 billion campus signal a coming wave of high-value data center decommissioning. For investors looking at that market, the key takeaway is that value is migrating from shredding and smelting toward capture, repair, and remarketing, and France offers one of the clearest previews of where that shift is heading.
Tech & Sustainability: HP’s EliteBoard G1a keyboard PC. Circularity rating: 6.5/10. Sustainability rating 7.5
HP EliteBoard G1a lands at 6.5 out of 10 in our Circular IT rating, with sustainability as its strongest dimension at 7.5 out of 10. We score eight dimensions, from recycled content and repairability through lifecycle and total cost of ownership.
Should we pay attention to IBM’s quantum foundry?
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.
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Quarterly Results Map Out Inflection Points in IT Asset Lifecycle and Infrastructure
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Iron Mountain’s Strong Q3 Performance Confirms ITAD’s Shift Toward Integrated Data and Lifecycle Governance
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SK tes: Pathway to Hyperscale Decommissioning Through SK Group’s NVIDIA Partnership
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Connection’s Q3 Results: Public-Sector Delays, Enterprise Modernization Ahead
Connection’s Q3 results highlight an industry where modernization is guiding technology lifecycle and hardware flows....
Bridging Distribution and Lifecycle: How Ingram Micro is Doing it and Lessons for the ITAM/ITAD Sectors
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Analysis: What Apple and Amazon’s Latest Results Signal for the IT Circularity Chain
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Assessing Nvidia’s $350 Million Investment in Redwood Materials: Implications for the End-to-End Circular Recovery
Nvidia has taken a prominent position in Redwood Materials’ recently announced $350 million Series E funding round,...
The Windows 10 Sunset: How Enterprise Refresh Cycles Will Reshape ITAD, Refurbishment, and Urban Mining (2026–2028)
The approaching end of Microsoft’s Windows 10 era will set in motion one of the most synchronized technology...
New Smelting and Refining Capacity in the U.S. Strategic Metals Market
Aurubis is now operating a major recycling facility in Richmond, Georgia, its first big U.S. site. Built for $800...
Procurri’s Delisting from SGX and What’s Ahead
On September 22, 2025, Procurri Corporation Limited was delisted from the Singapore Exchange following its...
M&A: Tailwind Capital’s First ITAD Acquisition: Assessing the DMD Systems Recovery Transaction
Tailwind Capital has made a majority investment in DMD Systems Recovery, signaling private equity’s increasing...
iPhone 17’s Sustainability Profile Improves in Recycled Content and Security, But Repairability Stagnates
Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max arrive with a mix of sustainability upgrades, new design choices, and expanded...
Semiconductor 2Q2025 Sector Results and Implications on Hardware Decommissioning Industry
The latest semiconductor earnings reveal a sharp divide whereby AI and data centers are fueling extraordinary growth,...
Case Study: Close the Loop’s FY25 Loss Highlights the Danger of Chasing Volume Over Value in ITAD
Case Background Close the Loop Limited (ASX: CLG) is an Australia-headquartered circular economy company with...