MILAN, Italy – October 15, 2024 – Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced that Snam has selected HPE Asset Upcycling Services to create investment capacity to support its technology modernization initiative and ensure that end-of-use hardware is refurbished and reused wherever possible to achieve its sustainability goals.
Snam is the leading European operator in natural gas transportation, storage, and regasification. While ensuring energy security for Italy and Europe, Snam is also focusing on innovation and sustainability to achieve ambitious goals, including net-zero emissions by 2050.
Snam selected HPE Asset Upcycling services to process its end-of-use hardware, including storage and servers across multiple brands, and send it for secure refurbishment to meet its stringent data protection policies. This service is part of HPE's full range of solutions to help customers modernize multigenerational IT estates, extend the life of legacy systems and associated software, and extract value from end-of-use technology.
“Working with HPE helps us accelerate our efforts to neutralize our environmental impact, and HPE’s Circular Economy report gives us complete visibility into the reuse and recycling details of the products we send back.”
“Snam is committed to achieving significant milestones in reducing its industrial footprint while improving the sustainability of our business operations,” said Marco Vezzini, Cloud Infrastructure and Data Center Manager at Snam. “Working with HPE helps us accelerate our efforts to neutralize our environmental impact, and HPE’s Circular Economy report gives us complete visibility into the reuse and recycling details of the products we send back, allowing us to track our carbon emissions avoidance.”
With HPE Asset Upcycling Services, Snam can return its legacy IT assets to HPE to refurbish and reuse technology wherever possible through remarketing and recycling, while applying the highest data security standards.
“Helping customers refurbish and reuse technology instead of sending assets to landfill is not only environmentally sound, but also economically beneficial and can create investment opportunities for new projects.”
"HPE fully understands the importance of protecting and securing data throughout its lifecycle, including the secure disposal of technology and data at end-of-life," said Claudio Bassoli, President and Managing Director, HPE Italy. "Helping customers refurbish and reuse technology instead of sending assets to landfill is not only environmentally sound, but also economically beneficial and can create investment opportunities for new projects."
Last year, HPE processed more than 4.2 million customer assets, with the resulting revenue shared with customers, increasing investment capacity for new projects. For more information about HPE's financial services solutions, visit: http://hpe.com/hpefinancialservices .