Data Center Decommissioning · Canada
Data Center Decommissioning in Vancouver
Data center decommissioning in Vancouver is the removal and disposal of retired hardware from a customer's racks. Reboot Monkey engineers schedule the removal with you in advance, record every serial number, asset tag and rack position against your asset list, and log each item as it leaves the rack.
In Vancouver
- Data Center Decommissioning
- Data Center Migration
- Rack and Stack
- Remote Hands
- Server Migration
- Colocationon request
- Smart Handson request
- ITADon request
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Plan your Vancouver decommissioning
Tell us what is leaving the racks and the window the facility allows. Prices are quoted on request and depend on the customer and the size of the job.
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Data Center Decommissioning in Vancouver
VANIX, the Vancouver Internet Exchange, says it is based in Vancouver and positioned to serve networks across Western Canada and beyond. VANIX is a not for profit internet exchange that says it is helping Western Canada become an essential destination in the global internet ecosystem. Harbour Centre Vancouver stands on West Hastings St in Vancouver.
When a company retires equipment in the city, the work is a controlled removal of hardware from racks that sit inside a building someone else owns and runs. Reboot Monkey is a third-party datacenter services operator. It does not own the facility and it is not a hosting company, so the decommissioning is planned around the customer's asset list and the site's rules rather than around any hosting or colocation product of its own.
The facility operator owns and runs the building, including its power, cooling and access policy, and Reboot Monkey engineers work under the operator's site rules. That is why scheduling comes first: removal dates are agreed with the customer in advance, including any out-of-hours or weekend windows the facility requires.
Datacenter Facilities in Vancouver
Data centres in Vancouver, ordered by the number of networks present:
- Harbour Centre Vancouver (Polaris Realty), 555 West Hastings St., Vancouver V6B 4N6: 61 networks; carriers Arelion and Ziply Fiber
- Cologix VAN2 (Cologix, Inc.), 1050 W Pender Street, Vancouver V6E 3S7: 39 networks; carriers Arelion and Ziply Fiber
- Cologix VAN3 (Cologix, Inc.), 2828 Natal Street, Vancouver V5M 2H1: 32 networks; carriers Ziply Fiber
- Cologix VAN1 (Cologix, Inc.), 555 West Hastings St, Vancouver V6B 1N9: 27 networks
- eStruxture VAN-2 (eStruxture Data Centers Inc.), 555 W Hastings St, 21N, Vancouver V6B 4N6: 17 networks
- Tech Futures YVR1 (Tech Futures Interactive Inc.), 2828 Natal Street, Vancouver V5M 2H1: 11 networks
- eStruxture VAN-1 (eStruxture Data Centers Inc.), 55 East 7th Ave, Vancouver V5T 1M4: 7 networks
- PureColo VAN01 (Vancouver) (PureColo Inc.), 200 Burrard St, Vancouver BC V6C 3L6: 6 networks
- PureColo Harbour Centre MMR6B (Carrier Connect Systems Ltd.), 555 Hastings St W, Vancouver BC V6B 0B2, V6B 4N6: 5 networks
- Cologix VAN4 (Cologix, Inc.), 175 Cordova St W, Vancouver BC V6B 1E1: 3 networks; carriers Ziply Fiber
Our Data Center Decommissioning Services
Data center decommissioning is the removal and disposal of retired hardware. In practice, the scope of a Vancouver job is set out before any engineer arrives, so the customer's IT and procurement teams know what leaves the rack and in what order.
- Servers, switches and storage arrays are removed from the racks, together with their cabling and rail kits.
- Serial numbers, asset tags and rack positions are recorded against the customer's asset list.
- Every item is logged as it is removed, so the list of what left the site matches the list of what was planned.
- Removal is scheduled with the customer in advance, including any out-of-hours or weekend windows the facility requires.
- Where retired hardware needs data wiping, on-site shredding or degaussing, collection and transport, or resale and buyback, this is handled as IT asset disposition (ITAD). Resale and buyback are quoted case by case, and the work is processed by Reboot Monkey staff in a partner's processing facility or on the customer's site.
Why Reboot Monkey
Reboot Monkey is vendor-neutral. It sells rack space, IP transit, leased IP addresses, network, data-centre hardware and the services that deliver, install and support them, inside data centres that other companies own and run. For a decommissioning project this means the engineer removing your hardware is working for you, not for the building's operator.
A decommissioning job rarely stands alone. Equipment leaving one rack is often replaced or relocated, and the same engineers can handle the adjacent work: server migration between racks, rooms or facilities, and rack and stack for new hardware. Reboot Monkey also sells the network for the rack. It orders the cross connects and carrier circuits from the facility operator and the carriers present in the facility, and its engineers install and patch the cabling in the customer's rack.
A second, briefed Reboot Monkey engineer is named as backup for every customer site, so a removal window does not depend on one person's availability. Prices are quoted on request and depend on the customer and the size of the job.
How Reboot Monkey Works
These terms apply in every facility in Vancouver where Reboot Monkey engineers work.
- Response: 1-hour, around-the-clock incident response SLA, and a 15 minute premium response available where technicians are stationed on-site, as a paid add-on. The incident response SLA covers incidents and unplanned requests; on-site, dispatch and resolution times, priority tiers, and planned or scheduled work are agreed per site in the service agreement.
- Monitoring: 24/7 NOC monitoring across all facilities, covering IPMI, iDRAC, SNMP, temperature, power, network signals.
- Hardware: vendor-neutral technicians for Dell, HP, Cisco, Juniper and Arista equipment.
- Independence: independent from facility operators (not Equinix SmartHands, not NTT staff).
- One agreement: single provider across cities, so a customer in several cities needs only one agreement.
- Service levels and terms: https://www.rebootmonkey.com/en/solutions/sla
- Published case study: a major ICT provider engaged Reboot Monkey for three full infrastructure rollouts in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad, with the hardware installed the same day at every site. Read the case study at https://www.rebootmonkey.com/en/resources/case-study/how-we-completed-3-full-deployments-across-pakistan
Data sanitization and certificates
The data centres we work in hold their own certifications, such as ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO 9001. Ask us for the certificate of your site.
- NIST SP 800-88 data sanitization
- Certificate of Destruction issued per storage device processed
Data Center Decommissioning in Other Cities in Canada
As of 2026, Reboot Monkey's field engineers work in 190 countries and more than 400 locations. Companies that retire equipment in Vancouver often run estates elsewhere in the country as well, and the same decommissioning process applies there. For Eastern Canada, see [Data Center Decommissioning in Toronto](/en/data-center-decommissioning/canada/toronto/), where the same asset-list recording and scheduling steps are followed.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does data center decommissioning cover in Vancouver?
In Vancouver it covers the removal and disposal of retired hardware: servers, switches, storage arrays, and their cabling and rail kits. Serial numbers, asset tags and rack positions are recorded against the customer's asset list, every item is logged as it is removed, and the removal is scheduled with the customer in advance.
Do you work in every datacenter in Vancouver?
Reboot Monkey engineers work in any facility in Vancouver where the customer has equipment and access, under the operator's own access and safety rules. The customer adds the engineers to the facility's access list before the first visit.
How fast can Reboot Monkey respond in Vancouver?
Incidents and unplanned requests are handled under a 1-hour, around-the-clock incident response SLA. There is also a 15 minute premium response available where technicians are stationed on-site, as a paid add-on. On-site, dispatch and resolution times, priority tiers, and planned or scheduled work are agreed per site in the service agreement.
How is Reboot Monkey different from the facility operator's own staff?
Facility operators' own technicians work for the building. Reboot Monkey engineers work for the customer: they are independent from facility operators (not Equinix SmartHands, not NTT staff), follow the customer's instructions, and the same team can cover several buildings in the city under one agreement.
How do I get started with data center decommissioning in Vancouver?
Send the site, the equipment and the task through the contact form. Reboot Monkey replies with a quote and an engineer plan for that facility. Once agreed, the customer adds the engineers to the facility's access list and the data center decommissioning work is scheduled under the operator's rules.
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Plan your Vancouver decommissioning
Tell us what is leaving the racks and the window the facility allows. Prices are quoted on request and depend on the customer and the size of the job.