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Data Center Decommissioning in Osaka

Reboot Monkey removes and disposes of retired servers, switches, storage arrays and their cabling and rail kits inside the customer's facility in Osaka. Serial numbers, asset tags and rack positions are recorded against the customer's asset list, and every item is logged as it is removed. Removal is scheduled with the customer in advance.

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Data Center Decommissioning

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Plan a decommissioning in Osaka

Send the asset list and the preferred removal window. Prices are quoted on request and depend on the customer and the size of the job.

In depth

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Data Center Decommissioning in Osaka

Equinix OS1 - Osaka stands on Shinmachi Nishi-ku in Osaka. When a company retires a deployment in a building like this, the work is physical and has to be traceable: hardware has to leave the rack in an order the customer's records can follow, and nothing can leave the room unrecorded. Reboot Monkey is a third-party datacenter services operator. It does not own or run data centres, so decommissioning is carried out inside facilities that other companies own and operate. 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.

The starting point is the customer's asset list. Before anything is unracked, the engineer and the customer agree which items are in scope, where they sit and in what sequence they come out. That agreement is the reference the finished work is checked against.

Datacenter Facilities in Osaka

Data centres in Osaka, ordered by the number of networks present:

  • Equinix OS1 - Osaka (Equinix, Inc.), 1-26-1 Shinmachi Nishi-ku, 550-0013 Osaka: 71 networks; carriers Arelion, BB Backbone, Hanshin Cable Engineering Co.,Ltd., JR West Optical Network(JRWON), Kintetsu Cable Network Co.,Ltd and others
  • NTT DATA Dojima (building #4) (NTT DATA CORPORATION), NTT DATA Dojima Bldg, Dojima 3-1-21 kita-ku, Osaka: 50 networks; carriers BB Backbone, Digital Edge Osaka Cross Link Service, Hanshin Cable Engineering Co.,Ltd., JR West Optical Network(JRWON), Kintetsu Cable Network Co.,Ltd and others
  • Equinix OS3 - Osaka (Equinix, Inc.), 2-2-82 Shiromi, Chuo-ku, 542-0001 Osaka: 23 networks; carriers BB Backbone, JR West Optical Network(JRWON), OPTAGE and TOKAI Communications Corporation
  • NTT Sonezaki Data Center(Dojima Campus) (NTT SmartConnect Corporation), 1-2-4 Sonezaki, 530-0057 Osaka-Shi Kita-Ku: 19 networks; carriers BB Backbone, JR West Optical Network(JRWON), Kintetsu Cable Network Co.,Ltd, OPTAGE and Rakuten Mobile
  • NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS OS3 - Osaka (Telepark Dojima Building 3) (NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS (Data Centers)), 3-1-7 Dojima, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, 530-0003: 14 networks
  • Telehouse – OSAKA 1&2 (Telehouse - Global Data Centers), Shiromi, Chuo-ku, Osaka, 540-0001: 13 networks; carriers BB Backbone, JR West Optical Network(JRWON), OPTAGE and TOKAI Communications Corporation
  • NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS OS1 - Osaka (Telepark Dojima Building 1) (NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS (Data Centers)), 3-1-59 Dojima, 530-0003 Osaka-Shi Kita-Ku: 10 networks; carriers Orange Wholesale International - EVPL
  • NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS OS2 - Osaka (Telepark Dojima Building 2) (NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS (Data Centers)), 3-1-2 Doujima, Kita-Ku, 530-0003 Osaka: 10 networks
  • OPTAGE – OC1(Sonezaki DC) (OPTAGE Inc.), OC1(Sonezaki DC), Kita-ku, Security by Obscurity Osaka: 10 networks; carriers ARTERIA Networks Corporation (Vectant), Hanshin Cable Engineering Co.,Ltd., OPTAGE and TOKAI Communications Corporation
  • AT TOKYO (DC12 NTT DATA Dojima(building #4)) (AT TOKYO Corporation): 7 networks; carriers JR West Optical Network(JRWON)

Our Data Center Decommissioning Services

Data center decommissioning is the removal and disposal of retired hardware. For a site in Osaka, the work covers servers, switches, storage arrays, and their cabling and rail kits. Reboot Monkey engineers carry it out in the customer's rack space, so the equipment is handled where it was installed.

A decommissioning job follows a fixed order, and each step leaves a record the customer can check.

  • Scoping: the customer's asset list is the basis of the job, and the items to be removed are confirmed against it.
  • Scheduling: removal is scheduled with the customer in advance, including any out-of-hours or weekend windows the facility requires.
  • Recording: serial numbers, asset tags and rack positions are recorded against the customer's asset list.
  • Removal: every item is logged as it is removed, so the log shows what left the rack and in what order.
  • Cabling and rail kits: these come out with the hardware they served, so racks are left cleared.

Why Reboot Monkey

Decommissioning is rarely a stand-alone task. It usually sits next to a server migration, a rack consolidation or a contract exit, and the same engineers can move equipment between racks, rooms or facilities when part of an estate is retiring and part is staying. Where retired hardware needs data wiping, on-site shredding or degaussing, collection and transport, or resale and buyback quoted case by case, IT asset disposition (ITAD) is handled by Reboot Monkey staff in a partner's processing facility or on the customer's site.

A second, briefed Reboot Monkey engineer is named as backup for every customer site, so a single absence does not stall a scheduled removal. Prices are quoted on request and depend on the customer and the size of the job. To scope a job in Osaka, send the asset list and the preferred window through the contact form and Reboot Monkey will respond with a quote.

How Reboot Monkey Works

These terms apply in every facility in Osaka 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 Japan

Customers with equipment in more than one Japanese city can run the same process across sites. For an estate that also includes Tokyo, the service is described in Data Center Decommissioning in Tokyo, and the same asset-list method applies there: items are recorded against the customer's list and logged as they are removed. As of 2026, Reboot Monkey's field engineers work in 190 countries and more than 400 locations.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does data center decommissioning cover in Osaka?

Data center decommissioning in Osaka 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, and every item is logged as it is removed. Removal is scheduled with the customer in advance, including any out-of-hours or weekend windows the facility requires.

Do you work in every datacenter in Osaka?

Reboot Monkey engineers work in any facility in Osaka 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 Osaka?

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 Osaka?

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.

Plan a decommissioning in Osaka

Send the asset list and the preferred removal window. Prices are quoted on request and depend on the customer and the size of the job.

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