Server and data center equipment leasing for enterprises
Every server you own locks in yesterday's capacity
Servers, storage, and networking are the foundation everything else runs on, and they are some of the most expensive hardware an enterprise buys. Workloads grow, performance demands rise, and support windows close, but owned infrastructure stays on the books long after it stops keeping up.
Server and data center equipment leasing from CHG-MERIDIAN means:
- Your hardware, in your data center or colocation space, financed by us
- Servers, storage, and networking from any manufacturer under one agreement
- Refresh on a planned cycle, not when support runs out
- Certified data erasure and remarketing for every returned system
As the largest global independent IT lessor, we finance data center infrastructure for enterprises, from a single server room to multi-site estates. We have offices in 35 countries and reach in 190+ through our partner network.
Why enterprises lease servers and data center equipment instead of buying them
Data center hardware carries large upfront costs and a working life shaped by warranties, support contracts, and the pace of new workloads. Leasing spreads that cost across the years you use the equipment and keeps the estate current. We lease across Dell, HPE, Lenovo, Cisco, NVIDIA, NetApp, Pure Storage, and other major manufacturers.
Data center equipment we lease
CHG-MERIDIAN leases data center hardware from every major manufacturer, for a single server room or a global infrastructure estate. These are the categories enterprise data centers typically include.
Data center equipment we lease and finance:
General-purpose servers from Dell, HPE, Lenovo, Cisco, and other manufacturers, for virtualization, databases, and business applications.
Accelerated servers built on NVIDIA GPUs for AI training, inference, and high-performance computing. High cost and fast-moving technology make them a strong fit for leasing.
All-flash and hybrid storage arrays, backup appliances, and data protection systems from NetApp, Pure Storage, Dell, HPE, and others.
Switches, routers, wireless infrastructure, and firewalls from Cisco, Juniper, Arista, and other vendors, from the core network to the branch office.
Integrated compute, storage, and networking platforms that simplify the data center footprint and scale by node.
Server racks, uninterruptible power supplies, power distribution, and cooling equipment that keep the data center running.
Whether it is a single AI cluster or a full data center refresh across several countries, the agreement works the same way. Your infrastructure team designs the environment, and we finance the hardware around it.
Infrastructure demand rarely matches the budget cycle
Capacity plans are built years ahead, but workloads do not wait. New applications, data growth, and AI projects can outpace owned hardware long before it is paid off, while other systems sit underused.
Leasing gives the estate room to move. Terms are set around the useful life of each system, new capacity can be added as demand grows, and every asset is tracked in tesma. At the end of the term we manage the return, certified data erasure, and remarketing. In 2025, CHG-MERIDIAN gave around 1.1 million IT devices a second lifecycle, 96 percent of all IT lease returns.
How does server and data center equipment leasing with CHG-MERIDIAN work?
We do not make or sell infrastructure. Your architects choose the platforms, and we finance them, whatever the vendor.
Servers, storage, and networking in different data centers and countries sit under one agreement, instead of separate vendor financing deals.
Servers, storage, and network gear age at different rates. We set terms by equipment class, so each is refreshed when it stops earning its place.
tesma, our asset management platform, shows every leased system with its location, contract, and cost, so infrastructure, procurement, and finance share one view.
Every returned server and storage system goes through certified data erasure, so your data never leaves with the hardware.
We refurbish and remarket returned equipment through our global remarketing network, recovering residual value and extending the life of the hardware.
Frequently asked questions: server and data center equipment leasing
With hosting or cloud, you rent capacity on hardware someone else owns and operates. With server leasing, CHG-MERIDIAN finances the equipment you choose, and it runs in your own data center or colocation space. You keep full control of the architecture, performance, and security without buying the hardware outright.
Yes. We are independent of every manufacturer, so Dell, HPE, Lenovo, Cisco, NVIDIA, NetApp, Pure Storage, and other vendors can sit in the same agreement. Your infrastructure standards decide the hardware, not a vendor's financing program.
Different equipment classes age at different rates. Network gear often stays in service longer than servers, while GPU and AI systems move fastest. Setting terms by equipment class, and aligning them with support contracts, keeps each part of the estate current without replacing everything at once.
Yes. CHG-MERIDIAN leases GPU servers, AI clusters, and the storage and networking around them. Because AI hardware is expensive and advances quickly, leasing lets you add capacity now and move to newer generations without writing off the last one.
Buying requires a large capital outlay at every refresh. Leasing spreads the cost over the term in predictable payments, which makes multi-year infrastructure budgets easier to plan. Under ASC 842, most leases are recorded on the balance sheet, so your finance team should confirm the accounting treatment for your agreement.
Every returned server and storage system goes through certified data erasure before it is refurbished and remarketed through our global remarketing network, so company data does not leave with the hardware. In 2025, CHG-MERIDIAN remarketed 96 percent of all IT lease returns.
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