A high-rise data center to retire
Lincoln Harris Corporate Services Group hired Quantum Technology to decommission and liquidate a former SunGard data center on the 8th floor of a busy downtown Philadelphia office building — a working high-rise, with all the access and logistics that implies.
The brief was comprehensive: remove hundreds of data cabinets and all the electrical and cooling infrastructure, pull the raised floor, and leave the space in bare-walls, bare-floor, broom-swept condition.
Bought the assets, covered the labor
The assets included several Eaton Powerware UPS systems, switchgear, transformers and CRAC units, several hundred data server cabinets, the raised floor and all the piping and cabling beneath it. Quantum purchased the assets from Lincoln and provided all of the labor at no charge — a profitable transaction for both parties. After the data center work was complete, Quantum went on to buy equipment stored in the building’s basement, including large breakers left behind by Digital Realty and huge fans.
Several hundred data server cabinets — plus UPS, switchgear, transformers, CRAC units and the raised floor — were removed and the space handed back broom-swept.
The full data center, floor and all
Every system came out — down to the piping and cabling beneath the raised floor.
A clean floor and a deal that worked both ways
The space came back empty and swept, the owner paid nothing for the labor, and Quantum kept finding value in the building.
No cost to the owner
Quantum purchased the assets and provided all the labor at no charge — profitable for both sides.
Handed back broom-swept
Hundreds of cabinets, the UPS and cooling plant and the raised floor all came out, leaving bare walls and floor.
Value found beyond the floor
Quantum also purchased equipment stored in the basement — breakers and fans left behind over the years — for resale or recycling.
From the project
Decommissioning in an occupied building?
We handle high-rise and downtown data center decommissions end to end — and where the assets justify it, we buy them and cover the labor, so the removal costs you nothing.