Iron Mountain Named 2026 Google Cloud Partner of the Year, Business Applications: Media & Entertainment

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04/21/2026 - 04:05 PM

PORTSMOUTH, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM), a global leader in information management services, has been named 2026 Google Cloud Partner of the Year, Business Applications: Media & Entertainment. This prestigious award recognizes partners that build innovative solutions on Google Cloud to solve complex business challenges and drive significant industry impact.

Iron Mountain combines its archival and preservation expertise, cutting-edge AI content and discovery technology, and Google Cloud’s Vertex AI and Vision Warehouse to unlock the value of over 100 million media assets. The company helps major music studios, record labels, broadcasters, and sports teams solve the "trilemma" of security, accessibility, and monetization. By digitizing "at-risk" legacy formats and securing them in geo-redundant Google Cloud digital vaults, media and entertainment customers can immediately leverage their archives for brand storytelling and licensing.

Mithu Bhargava, Executive Vice President, Digital Solutions at Iron Mountain, said: "This award reinforces Iron Mountain’s commitment to helping industries navigate the digital frontier. Our physical preservation experience and Google Cloud’s AI scalability helps ensure the stories of our time are safe, searchable, and ready for the world."

“The Google Cloud Partner Awards honor the strategic innovation and measurable value our partners bring to customers,” said Kevin Ichhpurani, President, Global Partner Ecosystem and Channels, Google Cloud. “We are proud to name Iron Mountain a 2026 Google Cloud Partner Award winner, celebrating their role in driving customer success over the last year.”

Iron Mountain InSight^® DXP is an AI-powered intelligent content platform capable of managing complex 4K/8K video and multi-track audio files that generic storage solutions cannot handle effectively. The new InSight DXP AI Agent allows users to interact with managed content libraries using natural language, while maintaining strict records management and compliance standards.

The McLaren Mastercard Formula 1 Team has trusted Iron Mountain to help protect and activate its 60-year legacy. This includes digitizing decades of archives - from blueprints to film footage - to increase fan engagement and provide future insights. Fans can experience McLaren’s heritage and racing story at an immersive event in Miami from April 29th to May 3rd, supported by Iron Mountain, Google and many of McLaren’s other partners.

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Learn more about Iron Mountain InSight DXP on Google Cloud.
Iron Mountain InSight DXP and the new InSight DXP AI agent, which further advances enterprise search by seamlessly and securely integrating Google Gemini Enterprise with a user’s managed content library, are both available on the Google Cloud Marketplace.
Previously, Iron Mountain was named the 2018 Google Cloud Global Technology Partner of the Year for AI and Machine Learning, and received a Google Cloud Customer Award in 2021 for its work with a large financial institution.

About Iron Mountain

Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) is trusted by more than 240,000 customers in 61 countries, including approximately 95% of the Fortune 1000, to help unlock value and intelligence from their assets through services that transcend the physical and digital worlds. Our broad range of solutions address their information management, digital transformation, information security, data center and asset lifecycle management needs. Our longstanding commitment to safety, security, sustainability and innovation in support of our customers underpins everything we do.

To learn more about Iron Mountain, please visit www.IronMountain.com.