Sustainability Magazine September 2021 | Page 107

IRON MOUNTAIN DATA CENTERS & WEB WERKS

“ Our customers who trusted us for decades to store their physical data now trust us to do the same with their digital data ”

MICHAEL GOH , GENERAL MANAGER , APAC ,
IRON MOUNTAIN DATA CENTERS our two key goals for the next year and a half ,” he says , adding that the first Iron Mountain customer had already been onboarded into one of the joint venture ’ s Indian facilities .
Rathi also notes that , much like the tide of data flowing in and out of Indian servers , the movement of Iron Mountain ’ s customers into the joint venture ’ s facilities isn ’ t just a one-way street . “ The future of this partnership also allows Web Werks ' customers to grow into Iron Mountain ' s facilities . We ' ve had a number of conversations already with our Indian customers who want to grow into Iron Mountain ' s US and European data centres ,” he says excitedly .
The next 18 months will be full of exciting new developments as the joint venture begins to build at scale with speed . Rathi states that “’ one of the first next milestones is to get the MUM-2 facility expansion of 12.5MW up and running ,” which is something he ’ s confident that the partnership between Web Werks and Iron Mountain Data Centers can accomplish . “ We were looking for an excellent partner to help us evolve to our next stage of growth , and there ' s no better partner than a trusted name like Iron Mountain Data Centers ,” he says . “ That combination is what we intend to leverage to start catering to hyperscale , enterprise and retail customers as the Indian data centre market booms .”
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