Amazon has announced the expansion of its recycling capabilities in Dublin for data centre equipment.
The expansion is taking place through re:Cycle Reverse Logistics, which operates facilities in Dublin that test and repair equipment from AWS data centres.
The facilities extend the life of data centre hardware and other electronics so they can be reused.
When it is time for AWS server racks to be decommissioned, all customer data is removed through a secure sanitation process.
Bespoke machines and processes are deployed to enable the reuse of used equipment and components, and the recovery of precious metals, like gold and silver, found in circuit boards and computer components.
Amazon said that the re:Cycle Reverse Logistics facilities in Dublin, together with AWS's manufacturing sites where servers are assembled, have created over 850 jobs in Ireland so far, employing people from all backgrounds, from engineers to those fresh out of secondary school.
The company said that its re:Cycle Reverse Logistics facilities in Ireland are its first to open outside the US.
Leader of the Green Party and Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O'Gorman, officially opened the new re:Cycle Reverse Logistics building in Dublin today.
"We need to work together to ensure that products, whatever their shape or form, are kept in use for as long as possible through smart design, repair and reuse," Mr O'Gorman said.
"It's great to see this approach being put into practice at the Amazon facility in Ballycoolin in Dublin," he added.
