From server racks and storage systems to networking, power, and cooling equipment, Nefab helps infrastructure equipment manufacturers reduce transport damage, improve freight efficiency, and standardize packaging across global deployment programs.
Protect high-value server racks, chassis, and enclosures throughout transport, handling, and deployment. Nefab develops engineered packaging that supports stable handling, efficient freight flows, and installation-ready delivery.
Protect routers, switches, firewalls, and optical transport equipment from handling damage and contamination during transport and deployment. Nefab helps sensitive networking hardware arrive secure, intact, and ready to install.
Protect high-value GPUs and storage arrays from shock, contamination, and handling damage across dense AI and data center deployments. Nefab engineers packaging built for the weight, sensitivity, and volume of today's compute and storage hardware.
Data center infrastructure programs face pressure to scale across regions without adding cost, damage risk, or unnecessary site waste. Poor cube utilization, inconsistent packaging methods, and handling issues can delay installation and increase total logistics cost.
Nefab engineers packaging and logistics solutions for servers, racks, networking hardware, power systems, and cooling equipment. Our approach helps manufacturers standardize protection, improve freight efficiency, and reduce packaging waste across global deployment operations.
Nefab’s network of 250+ engineers supports packaging design, prototyping, testing, and implementation across global supply chains. This helps deployment teams move from local packaging variation toward repeatable, scalable methods for infrastructure equipment.
Nefab operates six ISTA-certified test labs worldwide. Our teams use physical testing to evaluate packaging performance for the transport and handling conditions your equipment will face, helping support more reliable deployment planning.
Packaging affects freight utilization, handling time, material use, damage risk, and waste at installation sites. Nefab helps customers evaluate these factors together to identify opportunities for lower total cost and reduced environmental impact.
Explore examples of engineered packaging for high-value technology hardware. Each project addresses a specific operational challenge, including protection, material efficiency, recyclability, and high-volume logistics.
Improved logistics performance while reducing material impact. Nefab helped a point-of-sale hardware customer address financial and environmental challenges in its packaging and logistics operations.
Improved protection and recyclability for sensitive electronic hardware. A high-end technology company needed to address poor recyclability, transport damage, and inefficient packaging for motherboard shipments. Nefab developed a hybrid solution using HDPE thermoformed Reflex™ components, corrugated material, and an anti-static LDPE bag.
Reusable protection for GPU shipments. Nefab developed a packaging solution for graphics processing units using cushioning made from 100% recycled material. The solution was designed for multiple uses before recycling at end of life.
Packaging requirements vary by equipment size, fragility, shipment mode, installation model, and deployment scale. Nefab supports three core infrastructure categories: servers and storage systems, networking and security equipment, and power and cooling systems
Server racks, storage arrays, blade systems, chassis, and boards can be vulnerable to shock, handling damage, and inefficient freight utilization. Their high value and role in deployment programs make consistent protection essential across regional and global flows.
Nefab develops engineered packaging that supports stable handling, efficient transport, and installation-ready delivery. Our solutions can be tailored to product requirements, shipment modes, and rollout models.
Typical applications include:
Nefab's corrugated hood solutions are designed for products with a high center of gravity, making them easy to pack and well suited for both container shipping and air freight.
Nefab's wooden crate solutions support a wide range of server rack types and configurations.
A reusable packaging solution that is lightweight, collapsible, vibration-dampening . Designed to transport high-value server racks
Networking and security equipment plays a vital role in datacom and cloud infrastructure. Sensitive components and high equipment value make effective protection essential across every stage of the supply chain.
Nefab develops packaging solutions designed to minimize handling risks and protect equipment during transport, storage, and deployment. The result is reliable protection that helps hardware arrive secure, intact, and ready to be installed.
Typical applications include:
This solution was designed for an optical network card in a ROADM. It features PE foam for optimized protection.
This solution was designed for a 2RU Ethernet Switch that needed protection for international shipping. It features a paper corrugated hybrid design that passed Network Equipment Building System (NEBS) testing.
This solution was designed for a network infrastructure product for broadband networks with a high volume shipment. The packaging design featured FiberFlute cushioning and corrugated hybrid that passed NEBS testing and removed foam in the packaging.
This solution was designed for a rack mount unit for a routing engine module. This molded paper pulp and corrugated hybrid design removed all foam for the packaging, and passed client testing.
GPUs and storage arrays are among the highest-value, most damage-sensitive components in a data center deployment. Because they carry critical compute and data capacity, they need robust protection to withstand shock, contamination, and handling challenges across dense AI and cloud rollouts.
Nefab develops packaging solutions that protect this equipment from damage, contamination, and handling risk during transport, storage, and deployment.
Typical applications include:
Designed for a large GPU, this solution utilized a trifold HDPE thermoformed Reflex™ cushion made from fully recyclable materials.
This solution was designed for a GPU heatsink for overseas shipments. The recycled HDPE thermoformed cushion reduced storage space by introducing a nesting option.
AI data center expansion increases pressure on manufacturers and deployment teams to move high-value racks, GPUs, power equipment, and cooling systems quickly and reliably. Packaging and logistics decisions can affect freight efficiency, equipment protection, handling, and installation readiness. Nefab supports global infrastructure rollouts with engineered packaging and logistics solutions designed for deployment reality.
Nefab helps manufacturers of server, storage, network, power, and cooling equipment reduce supply chain complexity across global deployment programs. Our engineering, testing, material expertise, and global support help teams improve protection, freight efficiency, and packaging consistency
Packaging engineered for high-value infrastructure equipment. Nefab engineers develop packaging solutions for equipment with demanding transport, handling, and deployment requirements. We combine product understanding with packaging design, prototyping, and validation to support reliable implementation.
The right material strategy for each deployment flow. Infrastructure equipment requirements vary by product weight, fragility, shipment mode, and reuse model. Nefab combines corrugated, wood, foam, thermoformed, molded fiber, and other material options to balance protection, handling, cost, and material efficiency.
Evaluate packaging beyond unit price. Nefab evaluates packaging as part of the full supply chain. This includes freight utilization, material use, handling, transport damage risk, site waste, and return flows. GreenCalc can help quantify financial and environmental effects when comparing alternatives.
Todd Novitske
VP Sales, Advanced Technology / Segment Director Datacom and Cloud
Reduce damage, standardize packaging across regions, and lower total logistics cost in your next rollout. Contact Nefab's Datacom and Cloud team to see how engineered packaging supports faster, more consistent deployments at scale.
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FAQ for Data Center Infrastructure Packaging and Logistics
How can packaging improve data center infrastructure deployment efficiency?
Engineered packaging can improve handling, freight utilization, and installation readiness for high-value infrastructure equipment. By considering packaging design alongside transport, storage, and deployment requirements, manufacturers can reduce unnecessary complexity across the supply chain.
How does Nefab support global packaging standardization?
Nefab supports customers with global engineering resources, local execution, and packaging solutions tailored to equipment and supply chain requirements. This helps manufacturers reduce variation between markets and establish more repeatable packaging methods across regional deployment programs
Can Nefab support packaging for fully loaded server racks?
Yes. Nefab develops engineered packaging solutions for servers, storage equipment, and fully loaded server racks. RackPak is Nefab’s returnable engineered skid solution for server racks weighing up to 2,500 kg.
How does packaging testing support data center equipment transport?
Packaging testing helps teams evaluate how a packaging solution performs under relevant transport and handling conditions. Nefab operates six ISTA-certified test labs worldwide to support physical testing as part of the packaging development and validation process.
How can packaging reduce waste at data center installation sites?
Packaging can be designed to reduce unnecessary material, improve pack-out efficiency, and support reuse or recycling approaches where the logistics flow allows. Nefab helps customers assess material choices, packaging size, handling needs, and return flows to identify opportunities for less packaging waste and lower total cost.
