Sustainability Magazine September 2021 | Page 98

IRON MOUNTAIN DATA CENTERS & WEB WERKS

IRON MOUNTAIN : 1951 Year Founded

20,000 Number of Employees

Data Centres Industry

US $ 4.2bn

Global Iron Mountain corp revenue

“ Given the size of the population , how young they are , and how much they ' re embracing digital services , Indian capacity is going to boom ”

MICHAEL GOH , GENERAL MANAGER , APAC , IRON MOUNTAIN DATA CENTERS
the US - Iron Mountain and Web Werks have come together in a historic undertaking that seems fitting for these noteworthy times . In February of 2021 , Iron Mountain announced plans to invest $ 150mn into a joint venture with Web Werks over the next two years as the two companies leverage their unique strengths in tandem in order to capitalise on India ’ s imminent data centre boom .
Iron Mountain : Security , Trust , and a Global Reach Since the early 1950s , Iron Mountain has been synonymous with security services you can trust . The Boston-based company spent its first 70 years safely storing physical data for companies throughout the US , as well as a number of government entities . Most famous for its hyper-secure facility built in a disused mine some 220 feet beneath rural Pennsylvania , Iron Mountain has leveraged its sterling reputation over the past decade into a successful transformation of its core competencies . Of course , you can still store a box of legal documents in an Iron Mountain facility but , more and more , the company ’ s key business has become building and managing the demand of its
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