Episode 67 - Adapting to change, with Mark Kidd, Iron Mountain

DCD Zero Downtime: The Bi-Weekly Data Center Show

Iron Mountain was originally founded by a mushroom farmer in the 1950s. However, in the pivot of the century, the company launched a paper records storage service using the very mine that once housed mushrooms
As the world around them digitized, Iron Mountain had to adapt to change and eventually became the data center company we know today. However, they have still kept some of its underground mines.
In this episode of Zero Downtime, we talk to Mark Kidd about Iron Mountain's evolution, and the lessons that can be learned by the data center industry.