CPU / Processor Buyback

Models and families covered

Intel Xeon Scalable — Sapphire Rapids (5th gen, 2024+), Emerald Rapids (5th gen, 2024+), Ice Lake (3rd gen), Cascade Lake (2nd gen), Skylake (1st gen). Intel Xeon E5/E7 (Broadwell, Haswell, Ivy Bridge) legacy. AMD EPYC — Bergamo (9754), Genoa (9004), Milan (7003), Rome (7002), Naples (7001). IBM POWER10/POWER9.

CPU buyback tier structure

Tray pricing — highest tier, applies to factory-sealed tray CPUs (no OEM packaging, no installation history). Most often the residual after server-OEM-pulled-but-not-yet-deployed inventory rationalisations. OEM-pulled — mid tier, applies to CPUs pulled from working servers retiring under Reuse-First; typically more volume than tray. Bench-tested pulls — functional tier, applies to CPUs that have been pulled and individually bench-tested by Maxicom or partner; clear at fair-market refurb pricing.

Per-CPU buyback workflow

Send a SKU-level inventory (vendor SKU, quantity, condition tier — tray / OEM-pulled / bench-tested). We return a written CAD quote per SKU within per engagement for steady-state Xeon Scalable / EPYC. AI-accelerator-paired EPYC and current-gen Genoa-X / Bergamo: 5 business days because pricing references the AI-server market.

Why CPUs hold residual value

Modern enterprise CPUs (especially EPYC Milan / Genoa and Xeon Scalable 3rd/4th gen) command robust secondary-market pricing because: (1) the cost-per-core advantage carries forward into refurb buyer economics; (2) power efficiency improvements in 5nm/7nm parts justify deployment past the original useful-life point; (3) CPUs are non-data-bearing (no sanitisation overhead on resale).

Settlement and engagement mechanics

Settlement is in your reporting currency (CAD) against your purchase order, line-item per asset, payment terms agreed in the SOW. Programme engagements run on milestone-based settlement against the rolling pickup schedule with monthly true-up. Cross-border engagements (where the asset routes between Maxicom operating regions) are consolidated to your reporting-currency entity through internal Maxicom inter-company arrangements; the customer-facing transaction is single-currency. The SOW is structured per the Maxicom legal entity that contracts with you (Maxicom UAE, Maxicom India, Maxicom Singapore, Maxicom Canada, Maxicom Hong Kong); GST / VAT / HST / withholding-tax treatment is handled per local tax law. Quote validity follows the asset class — 14 days for steady-state enterprise hardware, 5 business days for AI accelerators where the secondary market re-prices weekly, 30 days for memory and components. We re-quote without penalty where the validity has lapsed and the customer is ready to transact.

Audit defensibility and certificate format

Every asset routed through this engagement receives a per-asset Certificate of Destruction with eleven required fields: serial number, make/model/capacity, data classification at retirement, sanitisation method (Clear/Purge/Destroy under NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 1, with the specific technique cited), particle size or field strength or encryption algorithm where applicable, sanitisation tool + version + verification response, UTC timestamp + facility location, operator name + ID + signature, witness signature where present, chain-of-custody reference back to the pickup manifest, and the destruction reason where Reuse-First triage was overridden. Certificates are admissible against OSFI B-13, PIPEDA, NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 1, IEEE 2883-2022, and (where contractually specified) DoD 5220.22-M and NAID-grade Protocol — one certificate covers all simultaneously. Certificate retention is 7 years default, 8+ years for BFSI engagements, longer where the master service agreement specifies.

Cross-border resale routing under NDA

Where local market depth in Canada cannot absorb the retiring volume at fair refurb pricing, working assets route cross-border through Maxicom's trader-channel network — MENA → ASEAN, IND → ASEAN + MENA, CA → US sub-tier markets and ASEAN, SG → MENA + ASEAN. The routing decision is made per asset-class at engagement scoping; the customer sees the routing on the SOW and can opt out where channel-respect or sovereign-data-residency rules require. NDA discipline is standard. Surplus does not return to your own market's primary channel without explicit consent. Export classification (US BIS for AI accelerators; equivalent local regimes for other restricted-class hardware) is handled before the trade closes; restricted-party screening is part of every cross-border transaction.

Reuse-First disposition KPIs reported back to you

Programme-level engagements receive quarterly business reviews covering: total tonnage processed, Reuse-First reuse rate (% refurbished and redeployed vs % destroyed by media class), residual value recovered in CAD, embodied-carbon-recovered estimate (CO₂e avoided by keeping working assets in service rather than replacing them with newly-manufactured hardware), diversion-from-landfill percentage, material-recovery breakdown, and exception reporting. The reporting format is mapped to your sustainability reporting framework — CSRD ESRS E5, ISSB IFRS S1/S2, BRSR Principle 6, GRI 301/305/306, SASB IT services standards. Single-event engagements receive the same data as a per-engagement summary attached to the consolidated certificate. The reuse-rate metric is the most informative KPI: our blended cohort typically runs around two-thirds reuse rate (indicative); programme engagements typically improve year-over-year as the engagement learns the asset mix.

Key models in our pipeline

Xeon Platinum 8480+ · 8358 · 8280 · Gold 6248R · 6258R · 6240 · Silver 4310 · EPYC 9754 · 9554 · 7763 · 7543 · 7402 · POWER10 · POWER9