Microsoft uses automated robots to disassemble and recycle HDDs — company typically shreds two million hard drives per year - Upgoat

Microsoft uses automated robots to disassemble and recycle HDDs — company typically shreds two million hard drives per year
submitted by Spaceman84 to technology 7 monthsSep 14, 2024 12:17:06 ago (+4/-0) (www.tomshardware.com)
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/microsoft-uses-robots-to-disassemble-and-recycle-hdds-company-typically-shreds-two-million-hard-drives-per-year

[ - ] Prairie 0 points 7 monthsSep 14, 2024 15:37:51 ago (+0/-0)

NSFL. What did those drives ever do? Unless they're tiny <0.5T drives.

[ - ] PotatoWhisperer2 0 points 7 monthsSep 14, 2024 16:37:44 ago (+0/-0)

The trick to tech mega-corps is that they use absolute metric assloads of cheap, junky hardware. Tens of thousands of spinning rust drives, many many of them fail over the years. But they don't care, they just order more and recycle the old.

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