Market Briefing – Component Market: Motherboards in Freefall as AI Soaks Up the Silicon

While global PC shipments seemingly returned to growth in Q1 2026, driven by inventory movements, leading motherboard makers are guiding for shipment declines of more than 25% as manufacturing capacity is redirected toward AI and data‑center components, tightening the screws on the traditional PC ecosystem. What it means for ITADs and recyclers.

Research: The Independent ITAD Operator in the United States

The US independent IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) sector is approaching a structural inflection unlike anything in its thirty-year history. What was for two decades a quietly growing services category dominated by founder-led regional operators has, in the past eighteen months, become a target for sophisticated institutional capital, a strategic priority for global conglomerates, and — most consequentially — a function that enterprise buyers are finally beginning to treat as a governance discipline rather than a disposal cost.

Wearables are coming

Over 600 million wearables shipped last year, representing the equivalent of smartphone-scale volume. And unlike phones, these devices are about to hit the disposition intake streams in waves. Available data suggests that the timeline is tight.

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