Since 2012, CERN has regularly donated computing equipment that no longer meets its highly specific requirements on efficiency but is still more than adequate for less exacting environments.
Servers and network switches have been donated by CERN to countries and international organisations, such as Algeria, Ecuador, the SESAME laboratory in Jordan, Nepal and Palestine.
If you are interested in acquiring our decommissioned equipment, please see below.
Procedure
If you are a requestor (eg institute, university, school etc) please refer to our Donations Procedure for Future Beneficiaries.
This provides an outline of the procedure, and as well as obligations on the requestor. Please read through this to ensure you fully understand what is required and are happy to proceed.
Contact
If you have any questions or require any clarification - whether as a general enquiry, a requestor, a future beneficiary, or as a past recipient - please contact us on Computing-Equipment-Donations
Donations
Currently in progress - Q1 2024
- 3 procedures in progress
- 4 expressions of interest
Past donations