Silicon Valley to Iceland: International Decommission at Scale
17,000 assets across three countries in 14 days.
17,000
Assets
3
Countries
14 DAYS
Project Execution
7,500
SQFT Vacated
The Challenge
The client needed to decommission a 7,500 square foot colocation suite containing 17,000 assets—but this wasn’t a typical domestic relocation. Equipment needed to move internationally, spanning three countries with different customs requirements, data handling regulations, and logistics infrastructure.
The 14-day timeline demanded precision planning. International shipping, customs clearance, and regulatory compliance couldn’t accommodate delays. Every asset required tracking from source to destination, with certified data destruction for equipment that wouldn’t make the journey.
The project required simultaneous execution across multiple workstreams: inventory, destruction, packing, shipping, customs, and receiving—each with dependencies on the others and all operating under intense time pressure.
Our Approach
BNS Networks coordinated the engagement across multiple workstreams: asset inventory and classification, data destruction certification, logistics planning, customs documentation, and destination preparation. The team established clear chain-of-custody protocols that satisfied data handling requirements in all three jurisdictions.
Logistics coordination became a critical path activity. Shipping schedules, customs appointments, and receiving capacity all needed alignment. The team maintained real-time visibility across all workstreams, with escalation paths ready when issues arose.
Work Undertaken:
- Complete asset inventory of 17,000 items
- Asset classification for disposition (relocate, destroy, recover value)
- NIST-compliant data destruction with certificates
- International logistics coordination across three countries
- Customs documentation and clearance
- Chain-of-custody tracking throughout
- Asset value recovery program
- 7,500 sq ft colocation suite decommission
Technologies & Standards:
- NIST SP 800-88 Rev 1 compliant destruction
- International data handling compliance
- Chain-of-custody documentation
- Customs coordination protocols