RackRenew joined CloudFest 2026 at Europa-Park in Rust, Germany from 23 to 26 March. At stand Z08 we showed hosters and cloud providers how decommissioned hyperscale assets become high performance, low carbon infrastructure with 2 to 4 week delivery times instead of the 12 to 24 weeks typical for new OEM equipment.
Our regional giveaway for Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands offered three prizes: a full day of certified on site shredding for up to 1,000 devices, decommissioning of up to 20 racks including certified data erasure, and a Proof of Concept on remanufactured OCP hardware worth 20,000 euro.
Why meet RackRenew at an event
An event is the one place where you can see remanufactured OCP hardware next to the people who remanufacture it. Our team brings actual systems to the floor: compute nodes, storage platforms and the component level work that goes into remanufacturing, from NIC replacement to full firmware validation.
It is also the fastest way to get real answers. Bring your infrastructure roadmap and we will tell you on the spot what is feasible: which platforms fit your workload, what a realistic lead time looks like, and what up to 70% vs. new hardware1 means for your specific configuration.
Topics we discuss at every event
- Deploying remanufactured OCP compute and storage in enterprise and service provider environments.
- Embodied carbon reduction and audit ready ESG documentation through Origin Mark traceability (in adoption).
- The circular supply chain: how hyperscale decommissions from Sims Lifecycle Services become enterprise ready hardware.
- Open racks, adoption barriers and where the OCP ecosystem is heading.
Lower cost
Infrastructure cost versus new hardware
0 kg carbon3
Embodied carbon on remanufactured components
Faster than new2
Sourced from existing supply, not built to order
ISO 9001 & 14001
Sims Lifecycle Services production facilities
Event recap
CloudFest 2026 brought the global cloud and hosting industry back to Europa-Park in Rust, and RackRenew was right in the middle of it at stand Z08. Four days of conversations with hosters, service providers and partners about one question: how do you scale infrastructure without scaling cost and carbon along with it?
Our regional giveaway for Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands drew a great crowd, with three prizes on offer: a full day of certified on site shredding, decommissioning of up to 20 racks including certified data erasure, and a Proof of Concept on remanufactured OCP hardware.
Thanks to everyone who stopped by. We will be back at Europa-Park for CloudFest 2027, from 15 to 18 March. See you there!
Photos: CloudFest.
1 Based on RackRenew like-for-like reference comparisons of remanufactured switch, compute node, and storage node configurations against the market price of equivalent new equipment, held on file by RackRenew. Where a comparison involves a model no longer sold new, RackRenew states that in the comparison.
2 Actual lead times depend on final customer configuration, component availability and destination. RackRenew does not guarantee delivery windows on this website.
3 RackRenew assigns the embodied carbon of a component to its first owner, who incurred the manufacturing emissions at original purchase. A component that enters a second service life through remanufacture is counted at zero embodied carbon for the second owner.
