Leeds becomes data vault of the North

~ New Yorkshire data centre will meet growing storage needs of regional businesses ~

November 28 2005

Iron Mountain, the leader in outsourced records and information management services, is opening a new storage facility in Wakefield. The data centre will employ up to 30 employees and will securely store over two million boxes of confidential files and records for local companies such as banks, solicitors and regional offices of large corporations.

The Wakefield site takes the total number of Iron Mountain storage facilities in the UK to 63 meeting the growing demand for storage in Leeds and surrounding areas.

The new building will be opened at 11.30am on Monday, November 28 by the Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Bill Hyde, and Iron Mountain Europe’s Group Managing Director, John Prowse.

“Leeds is one of the fastest growing areas in the UK with hundreds of new businesses opening every month,” said John Prowse. “However, 78% of companies who lose business critical information and fail to recover it within ten days go bankrupt. With this in mind, many companies are keen to have robust business continuity plans in place. Companies are therefore increasingly storing vital information off-site with a back-up specialist.”

Iron Mountain works with 80 per cent of FTSE companies and its decision to open a site near Leeds reflects the growth in the region's economy.

The opening will be marked with a lecture by Andy Maurice entitled, “How legally compliant are your records and information management systems?’ and will offer advice to local businesses on how to secure their business critical information.

If you'd like to attend the opening of the new facility, please contact Helen Carey, email: hcarey@ironmountain.co.uk, tel: 0161 688 1308.

About Iron Mountain Europe

Iron Mountain Europe is a subsidiary of Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM), the world’s trusted partner for outsourced records and information management services.

Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain has grown to service more than 235,000 customers throughout Europe and North and Latin America, and the Pacific Rim.

The Company offers records management services for both physical and digital media, disaster recovery support services, and consulting services that help businesses save money and manage the risks associated with legal and regulatory compliance, protection of vital information, and business continuity challenges. With its acquisition of PC backup and storage software specialist, Connected, in November 2004, Iron Mountain has further expanded its product portfolio for the management, back up, archiving and restoration of digital data.

Iron Mountain Europe services 47 markets within 15 countries across Europe.The company currently employs more than 14,000 staff worldwide and generated sales of $1.8 billion in 2004. For further information, visit:http://www.ironmountain.co.uk