[milesward]

The machines are not industry standard stuff, and they don't auction, they destroy for customer security. See here: https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/google-alphabet/robots-n...

[discordance]

Just the drives are destroyed. The servers themselves end up in all sorts of spots:

https://www.ebay.com/b/Google-Server/11211/bn_7023306662

[tinco]

Those are all Google search appliances, Google sold those. They're not operated by Google themselves.