The Mover That Silicon Valley
CTOs Trust.
A single dropped server or static discharge costs you more than the move itself.
Request a Technical Site Survey$10M Combined Protection Tower applies to the premises. Facilities set their own Certificate of Insurance requirements, and we issue the COI against the coverage we carry. A DOT inspection record that exceeds the national average.
Final charges will be based on actual labor time, materials used, access conditions, scope changes, waiting time, and any additional services requested or required to complete the move.
Silicon Valley Data Center Relocation: Quick Facts
- service area: Silicon Valley Data Center Alley (Santa Clara, North San Jose, Fremont) and Phoenix Tech Corridor (Chandler, Tempe, Mesa)
- Facility Access: Colocation and enterprise data centers
- Technical Equipment: server lift equipment, anti-static bubble wrap, tip guards, sealed air-ride trucks
- Documentation: documented handling tracking for audit and security compliance and audit trails
- Insurance: $10M GL (building liability). $0.60/lb cargo liability included.
- Credentials: USDOT #2551548 | CAL-T190721 | DOT Inspection Record Exceeding the National Average | 4.9/5 from 2,847+ reviews
How do you move a fully populated server rack?
As of June 2026, Ontrack Moving® relocates fully populated 42U server racks using rack lift equipment, tip guards, and sealed air-ride trucks that absorb road vibration. Crews follow anti-static handling procedures and lay ESD-safe floor runners, operating under USDOT #2551548 with a DOT inspection record that exceeds the national average.
How do you handle servers to limit static and vibration in transit?
As of June 2026, Ontrack Moving® wraps each component in anti-static bubble wrap, lays grounded ESD-safe floor runners from the rack row to the dock, and transports the load in sealed air-ride trucks. Air-ride suspension reduces the road vibration that reaches spinning drives and flash storage, with handling logged in documented handling records.
Can you move a Bay Area data center to a Phoenix DR site?
As of June 2026, Ontrack Moving® moves disaster-recovery equipment from California to Arizona on its own trucks, loaded as a single-client shipment with direct routing from Bay Area headquarters to Phoenix, Chandler, and Tempe backup facilities. We hold USDOT #2551548 interstate authority, a $10,000,000 Combined Protection Tower for building liability, and standard $0.60/lb cargo liability per article.
Data center access
Data Center Access and COIs
We deliver COIs (Certificates of Insurance) to your colocation provider once the facility's requirements are received.
Santa Clara (Epicenter)
Ground zero for Data Center Alley. Equinix's flagship SV campus on Great Oaks Boulevard, CoreSite facilities off Coronado Drive, and dozens of enterprise colo halls within a 3-mile radius.
North San Jose (Zanker Corridor)
Digital Realty and CyrusOne campuses line the Zanker Road and Trimble corridors. Fortune 500 corporate data centers are expanding here due to available power capacity.
Milpitas / Fremont
Growing hub for enterprise data centers and QA labs along the I-880 corridor. Our Hayward headquarters is 15 minutes away, which means faster crew dispatch and rapid-response capability for emergency migrations.
Rack-to-Rack, Not Desktop-to-Desktop
We handle the physical transport: rack extraction, loading, transit, and rack placement at the destination facility. Your SysAdmins and network engineers handle the logical shutdown, IP reconfiguration, and boot sequence. We work alongside your team, never in place of them.
Technical standards
Our Technical Protocols
General movers show up with hand trucks and furniture blankets. That is not how you move a fully populated 42U rack. Our crews carry server lift equipment, ESD-safe floor runners, and anti-static wrapping because server infrastructure demands protocols that general household movers rarely handle.
Anti-Static Wrapping & ESD-Safe Floor Runners
Server components are wrapped in pink anti-static bubble wrap that dissipates static charges before they reach CPUs and memory modules. Standard bubble wrap generates static during handling and can destroy components. We also lay ESD-safe floor runners from the rack row to the loading dock, creating a grounded path that reduces the risk of electrostatic discharge along the transit route through the facility. Crews follow anti-static handling procedures throughout.
Server Lift Equipment
We use server lift equipment sized for the weight of the hardware to extract and reposition servers. Controlled lifting reduces the risk of drops, tips, and rack collisions that happen when someone tries to muscle a blade chassis by hand. Critical for high-density 42U rack configurations where a single slip can cascade across adjacent equipment.
Tip Guards
Server racks are secured with tip guards during loading, transport, and unloading. These bracing systems brace against the lateral movement and tipping that can cause rack damage, drive failures, and cable disconnection during transit. Essential for fully populated 42U racks.
Sealed Air-Ride Trucks
Server equipment travels on our own air-ride trucks, sealed at origin, with racks braced by tip guards. Air-ride suspension reduces the road vibration and shock that reach spinning drives and flash storage. The load stays on one truck from your site to the destination, with no transfer between carriers.
Asset Inventory Manifest
We do not just "track it." Each asset in scope is recorded on an inventory manifest and labeled at the rack, so it can be checked off at truck loading and again at the destination rack.
- Asset labeled and recorded at origin rack
- Pre-move condition photos with timestamps
- Inventory manifest checked at truck loading
- Manifest check at destination rack
- Post-move verification and sign-off
- A copy of the inventory manifest for your records
Inventory Documentation
An inventory manifest of the assets in scope, checked at loading and at the destination
Interstate IT relocation
California to Arizona Redundancy
Many Bay Area companies establish disaster recovery sites in Phoenix or Chandler to achieve geographic redundancy outside California's seismic and power grid risks. Ontrack is a moving company with full operations in both Silicon Valley and Phoenix, so one carrier can handle both ends of a DR site relocation.
Disaster Recovery Site Setup
We relocate server infrastructure from Bay Area headquarters to Phoenix and Chandler backup facilities. Our own sealed air-ride trucks, documented handling logs, and USDOT #2551548 interstate authority support compliant transport.
Dedicated Interstate Transport
CA-AZ corridor moves receive dedicated trucks loaded as a single-client shipment. GPS monitoring, sealed cargo areas, and direct routing minimize transit time and documented handling gaps.
CA → AZ Disaster Recovery Corridor
Origin
Bay Area HQ
- Santa Clara
- North San Jose
- Fremont
- Sunnyvale
Destination
Phoenix DR Sites
- Chandler
- Tempe
- Mesa Gateway
- Phoenix
Why Arizona?
Geographic redundancy, lower power costs, different seismic zone, separate grid operator from California
Why it matters who carries your servers
Ontrack Moving® vs. General IT Movers
Your standard business liability policy does not cover data loss. The mover you hire for servers should not be a company that only moves cubicles.
| Factor | Ontrack Moving | General IT Movers |
|---|---|---|
| Insurance | $10M GL (building liability). $0.60/lb cargo liability included (additional valuation available). | Standard $1M policy. May not meet facility COI requirements. |
| Equipment | Server lift equipment, ESD-safe floor runners, anti-static wrap, tip guards | Hand trucks, furniture blankets, standard dollies |
| Compliance | Inventory manifest of the assets in scope, checked at loading and at the destination. | Basic inventory list with no documented handling verification |
| Facility Knowledge | COI delivery once the facility's requirements are received. | First-time at the facility. Figuring out access and loading on move day. |
| Static Protection | ESD-safe floor runners from rack to dock. Grounded anti-static handling. | No ESD protocols. Standard moving blankets that generate static. |
| Scope Clarity | Rack-to-Rack physical transport. Your SysAdmins handle logical shutdown/boot. Clear boundary. | Unclear scope. May attempt cable work without network expertise. |
Ontrack is a licensed carrier (USDOT #2551548) with a DOT inspection record that exceeds the national average and Silicon Valley data center experience. Your infrastructure is handled by our direct-employee crews from origin rack to destination rack. Planned jobs run against our 15-Point Commercial Protocol.
Coverage for enterprise facilities
Insurance & Liability
Your standard business liability policy does not cover data loss from a physical move. Data center facilities require substantial liability coverage before they will even open the loading dock door. Our $10M Combined Protection Tower is building liability coverage that applies to the premises, and standard $0.60/lb cargo liability per article applies to the items we carry. Facilities set their own Certificate of Insurance requirements, and we issue the COI against the coverage we carry. Standard $0.60/lb cargo liability per article is included, with additional valuation options available for high-value server infrastructure. Cargo liability and optional valuation apply to physical hardware only. Data itself is not insurable in transit, so your IT team should complete verified backups before any move.
$10M Combined Protection Tower
Building liability coverage for facility damage during relocation.
Fast COI Turnaround
We provide Certificates of Insurance directly to your facility management team. Additional insured endorsements available as needed for specific building requirements.
Equipment Protection
Basic liability of $0.60/lb per article is included. Additional valuation protection is available for high-value server infrastructure. Discuss options during your site survey.
Equipment expertise
IT Equipment We Relocate
Servers & Rack Systems
1U rackmount servers, tower servers, blade chassis, and complete 42U rack assemblies. server lift equipment for controlled extraction, anti-static bubble wrap for component protection.
Network Infrastructure
Managed switches, routers, firewalls, patch panels, and fiber optic assemblies. Port-level cable documentation before disconnecting for verified reconnection at the new site.
Storage Arrays
SAN, NAS, and direct-attached storage including Dell EMC, NetApp, and HPE arrays. Arrays are wrapped in anti-static material and travel on our own sealed air-ride trucks.
UPS & Power Systems
Uninterruptible power supplies, PDUs, automatic transfer switches, and battery cabinets. Weight-rated equipment for heavy UPS systems, orientation-controlled transport for batteries.
Workstations & Lab Equipment
Engineering workstations, testing rigs, oscilloscopes, and R&D lab equipment. Custom crating available for irregular-shaped or high-value items.
Cable Management
Structured cabling, fiber runs, KVM consoles, and cable management trays. Every connection labeled and photographed at the port level before disconnect.
Service overview
Server & Data Center Services at a Glance
| Service | Best For | What's Included |
|---|---|---|
| Technical Site Survey | All data center projects | Rack inventory, cable mapping, facility access review, custom move plan |
| Colocation Facility Moves | Third-party colocation facilities | Facility access coordination, COI delivery, documented handling logs |
| Server Rack Relocation | Single or multi-rack moves | server lift equipment, anti-static bubble wrap, tip guards, cable labeling |
| Full Data Center Migration | Facility-to-facility moves | Phased migration plan built on our Phase-Shift Protocol™, documented handling tracking, sealed air-ride transport |
| Disaster Recovery Setup | CA→AZ redundancy projects | Interstate transport (USDOT #2551548), dedicated trucks, GPS monitoring |
| Network Equipment Moving | Switches, routers, firewalls | Port-level documentation, ESD-safe packaging, labeled reconnection maps |
| UPS & PDU Transport | Heavy power systems | Weight-rated equipment, orientation-controlled loading, battery handling |
| Storage Array Moving | SAN, NAS, DAS systems | Anti-static wrapping, level loading, drive-safe handling |
Planning a Server or Data Center Move?
Start with a free technical site survey. We map your infrastructure, document cable paths, review facility access, and build a move plan with Documented handling protocols for your compliance team.
Request a Technical Site SurveyCommon questions
Server & Data Center Moving FAQs
Ontrack Moving® runs a server relocation process that begins with a pre-move technical site survey where we document every rack, cable path, and power connection. On move day, crews use anti-static bubble wrap for component protection, server lift equipment for controlled extraction, tip guards during transport, and sealed air-ride trucks. Each server is tracked through documented handling logs from decommission to reinstallation.
Ontrack Moving® serves Silicon Valley's "Data Center Alley" including facilities in Santa Clara, North San Jose, and Fremont. We also serve enterprise data centers throughout the South Bay corridor.
Yes. Documented handling logs are standard for all data center relocations. Each inventoried piece of equipment is recorded on an inventory manifest that is checked at pickup and at delivery, followed by post-move verification.
Yes. Ontrack Moving® runs Bay Area to Phoenix moves on its own trucks. Many Bay Area companies establish backup sites in Phoenix or Chandler for geographic redundancy outside California's seismic and power grid risks. We hold USDOT #2551548 for interstate transport and use dedicated sealed air-ride trucks for the CA-AZ corridor with documented handling logs.
Ontrack Moving carries $10M Combined Protection Tower coverage, which applies to the premises, and standard $0.60/lb cargo liability per article applies to the items we carry. Facilities set their own Certificate of Insurance requirements, and we issue the COI against the coverage we carry. This covers building liability during relocation. Basic cargo liability of $0.60/lb per article is included, and additional valuation protection is available for high-value server infrastructure.
Ontrack Moving® crews use server lift equipment for controlled server extraction and repositioning, anti-static bubble wrap for component protection, tip guards to limit lateral movement during loading and transport, and sealed air-ride trucks that reduce road vibration. Crews follow anti-static handling procedures.
Ontrack Moving is rated 4.9 out of 5 from 2,847+ reviews and holds USDOT #2551548 and California license CAL-T190721. We carry $10M Combined Protection Tower (building liability) and are a moving company with full operations in both Silicon Valley and Phoenix, so one carrier can handle both ends of tech corridor relocations and disaster recovery site setups between the two regions.
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