Irish-owned technology company Green IT will officially open a 22,000 sq ft refurbishment and remanufacturing facility in Naas, County Kildare, on 18 November 2026. The site is built to repair, refurbish and return thousands of laptops, computers and other devices to use each week rather than let them head to landfill.

Green IT was founded in 2013, is headquartered in Naas and has returned more than 500,000 ICT devices to circulation, with a team of 24 at its Naas centre. Martin Reddy has led the company as managing director since 2014. Its remanufactured laptops are produced in partnership with Circular Computing, a Portsmouth-based remanufacturer.

The structural driver is rising hardware cost. Reddy said the growth of AI has pushed up the price of hardware and memory, adding to price pressure on buyers and strengthening the case for restored equipment over newly manufactured devices.

The facility will handle laptops, desktops, monitors, interactive whiteboards and gaming equipment, with technical assessment, data erasure, component replacement, cosmetic restoration and testing before devices return to market. Engineers will dismantle and rebuild computers, re-skin keyboards, respray casings and manufacture replacement parts using 3D printing.

Research and case studies published by Green IT and Circular Computing indicate that choosing a remanufactured laptop over a newly manufactured equivalent can avoid about 316kg of carbon emissions, save 190,000 litres of water and preserve 1,200kg of natural resources.

Reddy said “we are not simply wiping down old computers and selling them on,” describing the work as “a highly specialised operation involving skilled technicians, sophisticated processes and rigorous quality control.” He added that the facility will let the company build on its half a million devices and “further develop our ambition to become the ICT Hub for Ireland.”

Affordability is a second theme. Reddy said “a laptop is no longer a luxury,” noting that children, students and workers all need them, and that the company wants to make technology accessible to families, schools, businesses and charities at lower prices.

For the sector, Green IT’s expansion shows refurbishment and remanufacturing moving from a niche into scaled industrial operations, supported by buyers looking for lower-cost, lower-carbon alternatives to new devices.

Source: irishtechnews.ie / greenit.ie / siliconrepublic.com