Transcript: This is David Daoud , principal analyst at Compliance Standards today I am addressing the transatlantic divide on ESG and sustainability. The European Union’s sustainability framework remains the most ambitious in the world, but by late 2025 it has...
The third-quarter earnings reports from hardware, cloud, and lifecycle companies confirm that the decommissioning industry (decom) is expanding from hardware collection and recovery to the platforming of value creation through integration, compliance, and automation....
Iron Mountain’s third quarter results confirm that the ITAD sector is evolving into a broader infrastructure and lifecycle services ecosystem. The company’s continued reconfiguration of its business mix—anchored by data centers, digital workflow, and asset lifecycle...
The SK tes opportunity now extends well beyond traditional IT asset disposition. With SK Group’s new partnership to build a national-scale AI factory alongside NVIDIA, SK tes is strategically positioned to gain direct exposure to hyperscale data center decommissioning...
Connection’s Q3 results highlight an industry where modernization is guiding technology lifecycle and hardware flows. The company’s shift from hardware sales toward cloud, cybersecurity, and services signals fresh opportunities and new operational priorities for ITAD...
Ingram Micro’s latest quarterly results reveal a rapid acceleration beyond traditional IT distribution and into the full spectrum of lifecycle orchestration and digital platform services. They confirm to a certain extent what I have been saying all along: companies...
The September quarter results from Apple and Amazon together form one of the most revealing snapshots of where the broader technology and circular-economy landscape is heading. Both companies reported strong revenue growth and clear momentum in AI-driven...
Nvidia has taken a prominent position in Redwood Materials’ recently announced $350 million Series E funding round, joining investors such as Eclipse Ventures and Capricorn Technology. Redwood, led by ex-Tesla CTO JB Straubel, is recognized for its U.S.-based battery...
This week’s IntelliTAD focuses on three key thematic developments: first, the growing influence of active financial capital in the circular IT / IT-asset-disposition (ITAD) ecosystem; second, early data pointing to sustainability and resource-reuse metrics in...
The approaching end of Microsoft’s Windows 10 era will set in motion one of the most synchronized technology transitions the IT asset disposition (ITAD) and recycling sectors have ever witnessed. Between late 2026 and 2028, roughly 320 to 350 million laptops and...
This 2025 special report analyzes how IT hardware recycling is becoming central to critical mineral recovery amid soaring industrial demand, geopolitical risk, and new policy mandates. Covering precious metals, battery materials, and rare earths, it maps business...
About this Report (downloadable PDF report): The global IT asset disposition (ITAD), recycling, and materials-recovery industries are entering an institutional phase—one defined by financial discipline, data governance, and measurable circular outcomes. Active...
For IntelliTAD’s week ending September 30, 2025, we’re focusing on two of the most consequential developments shaping the industry today: California’s sweeping new climate disclosure regime and Aurubis’s launch of an $800 million recycling facility in Richmond,...
California is setting a powerful precedent in climate regulation with its expansive new climate disclosure laws, now affecting more than 4,000 companies across the country—including many of America’s largest corporations. The California Air Resources Board (CARB)’s...
Aurubis is now operating a major recycling facility in Richmond, Georgia, its first big U.S. site. Built for $800 million, the plant can handle up to 180,000 metric tons of scrap and recover copper, nickel, tin, and precious metals from things like circuit boards and...
In this 7th installment of IntelliTAD we address the massive ITAD market in the hyperscalers’ data center.This special report, “Hyperscaler ITAD Market Expansion, Segmentation, and Strategic Opportunity,” from Compliance Standards LLC, offers the industry’s most...
At the end of each month, we at Compliance Standards, sift through the marketing of ITAD companies to identify interesting patterns and trends that may be taking place in the industry. Most of the months, things are stable with no major events, but in some months...
On September 22, 2025, Procurri Corporation Limited was delisted from the Singapore Exchange following its privatization by Exeo Global Asset Holdings, with shareholders receiving cash and Exeo taking full control. As a global provider of IT lifecycle services across...
This special report, “Hyperscaler ITAD Market Expansion, Segmentation, and Strategic Opportunity,” from Compliance Standards LLC, offers the industry’s most comprehensive and realistic analysis of the evolving landscape for IT asset disposition (ITAD) in the...
The past week has delivered three developments that matter for the ITAD and electronics recycling sectors. Semiconductor earnings confirmed the widening gap between AI-fueled hyperscalers and the steadier, but more accessible, enterprise data center segment. Private...
Tailwind Capital has made a majority investment in DMD Systems Recovery, signaling private equity’s increasing interest in ITAD. The move positions DMD for expansion, but also underscores the sector’s unique compliance and operational demands. Our forthcoming Active...
