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Data Center Decommissioning in Geneva
Reboot Monkey removes and disposes of retired hardware inside Geneva data centres that other companies own and run. Engineers record serial numbers, asset tags and rack positions against your asset list, log every item as it is removed, and schedule the work with you in advance, including any out-of-hours or weekend windows the facility requires.
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Plan your Geneva decommissioning
Send us your asset list and the racks to be cleared. Prices are quoted on request and depend on the customer and the size of the job.
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Data Center Decommissioning in Geneva
Equinix GV1 - Geneva, City stands on Rue de la Confédération in Geneva. Equipment that leaves a rack in a building like this needs a documented exit: which device was removed, from which position, and where it went next. Data center decommissioning is the removal and disposal of retired hardware, and it is the step that closes out a migration, a consolidation or the end of a colocation contract.
Reboot Monkey is a third-party datacenter services operator. It does not own or run the buildings it works in, and it is not a hosting company. For a Geneva decommissioning project this means Reboot Monkey engineers carry out the removal in the facility where your equipment is installed, under that operator's site rules, and the paperwork follows your asset list rather than a generic template.
The work is scoped with you before anyone travels to site. You tell us which racks, rooms or cages are being cleared, we agree the scope against your asset list, and the removal is scheduled in advance. The same engineers who handle remote hands, smart hands and server migration for other customers handle decommissioning, so the people on site are used to working inside an operator's access procedures.
Datacenter Facilities in Geneva
Data centres in Geneva, ordered by the number of networks present:
- Equinix GV1 - Geneva, City (Equinix, Inc.), Rue de la Confédération 6, 1204 Geneva: 36 networks; carriers Eurofiber France, Free Pro, LASOTEL and euNetworks
- Equinix GV2 - Geneva, West (Equinix, Inc.), Route du Bois-des-Fréres 46, Le Lignon, 1219 Geneva: 27 networks; carriers Arelion and euNetworks
Our Data Center Decommissioning Services
Decommissioning covers servers, switches, storage arrays, and their cabling and rail kits. Nothing in the scoped racks is left behind unless you decide to keep it, and cabling is removed together with the hardware it served so the rack is returned clean to the operator.
The handling of each project follows the same sequence:
- Scoping: you provide the asset list and name the racks or rooms to be cleared. Prices are quoted on request and depend on the customer and the size of the job.
- Recording: serial numbers, asset tags and rack positions are recorded against your asset list before anything is unracked, so the list you hold matches what is physically in the room.
- Scheduling: removal is scheduled with you in advance, including any out-of-hours or weekend windows the facility requires.
- Removal: every item is logged as it is removed, and servers, switches, storage arrays, cabling and rail kits leave the rack in that order of record.
- Onward handling: retired hardware is disposed of, or passed to IT asset disposition (ITAD) when you need data wiping, on-site shredding or degaussing, collection and transport, or resale and buyback quoted case by case. ITAD is processed by Reboot Monkey staff in a partner's processing facility or on your site.
Why Reboot Monkey
Decommissioning goes wrong when the record of what was removed does not match the equipment that was installed. Reboot Monkey logs each item as it leaves the rack, so procurement and IT teams can reconcile the removal against the asset list they started with, and finance can close the entries for each retired device. That separation is deliberate: Reboot Monkey is vendor-neutral and answers to you, the customer, not to the building. A second, briefed Reboot Monkey engineer is named as backup for every customer site, so a decommissioning window is not lost to one person's availability. Reboot Monkey's field engineers work in 190 countries and more than 400 locations as of 2026, which matters when a Geneva project is one part of a wider exit across several sites and you want one process for all of them. Decommissioning often sits beside other physical work. The same engineers can move equipment between racks, rooms or facilities as a server migration, install new hardware as rack and stack, or carry out remote hands and smart hands tasks during the same visit. If a project includes network changes, Reboot Monkey 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 your rack.
How Reboot Monkey Works
These terms apply in every facility in Geneva 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
Frequently Asked Questions
What does data center decommissioning cover in Geneva?
Data center decommissioning in Geneva 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 your asset list, removal is scheduled with you in advance, and every item is logged as it is removed. Data wiping, shredding and degaussing are handled through ITAD.
Do you work in every datacenter in Geneva?
Reboot Monkey engineers work in any facility in Geneva 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 Geneva?
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 Geneva?
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 Geneva decommissioning
Send us your asset list and the racks to be cleared. Prices are quoted on request and depend on the customer and the size of the job.