[Maxious]

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/whitepapers/latest/security...

obviously not framed in terms of "here is how we create more e-waste" but you can see the additional barriers to attempting to reuse decommissioned hardware

[tom1337]

Interestingly I am getting an access denied error on that page. Anyway your comment basically answers my question because I wondered how they would perform maintenance when the server breaks the moment you pull it out the rack.