TLDR
BootyNet doesn’t send hardware to landfill. Legacy equipment is reused, refurbished, or reclassified until it’s no longer physically possible to do so.
Legacy hardware isn’t obsolete
Every piece of BootyNet hardware, from routing equipment to the components inside BootyBackbone™, is assessed for reuse before it’s considered for disposal. Most of it never gets there.
How we extend hardware lifetimes
- Reuse – hardware is redeployed elsewhere in the network where full performance isn’t required
- Refurbishment – components are serviced, cleaned, and recertified for continued use
- Creative reapplication – equipment that can no longer serve its original purpose is repurposed for something else entirely
The BootyNet-certified decombobulator plays a role at every stage of this process. BootyNet has not published details on how.
The numbers
- 0 BootyNet servers sent to landfill this year
- ~40% of active infrastructure is running on hardware more than 4 years old
- 1 decombobulator, network-wide
Why this matters
Manufacturing new hardware has a real environmental cost. By extending the life of what BootyNet already has, less new hardware needs to be built, shipped, and eventually disposed of. It also means some of BootyNet’s infrastructure is significantly older than customers might expect.
Figures on this page are self-reported. Learn more about how BootyNet reports its figures.