Iron Mountain operates an innovative archive centre in Geneva

Around 200 guests celebrated the opening of the Satigny center, which is one of Iron Mountain's most advanced facilities in Europe.

• 14 % Oxygen content for fire protection reasons
• Almost 22,000 cubic metres of archiving capacity
• Volume for 432,000 archive boxes
• Automatic high-speed archiving (of up to 40 pallets per hour)
• Market leading safety and performance levels

robot controlled system

Iron Mountain now offers its business customers a market-leading security service to manage the entire process - from physical archiving to digitisation and automated retrieval of information. The state-of-the-art facility combines unique features such as a system to constantly reduce oxygen levels to 14 % for fire safety reasons, 100 % automated robotic retrieval of documents and secure archiving and management of backup tapes.

High-speed archiving

The facility can boast nearly 22,000 cubic meters of archival capacity, which allows for the storage of 432,000 archival boxes. An additional 400 square meters of capacity is reserved for the digitization of physical documents and their electronic management. The pioneering Swiss technology enables the automatic high-speed archiving of up to 40 pallets per hour. The latest technology was also used for access control, emergency power supply and security in the event of a main network failure.

John Wegman, Managing Director of Iron Mountain Switzerland, explains, "Switzerland was chosen by Iron Mountain for this facility because of the high number of local and international customers and the availability of world-class robotics and technology providers. We are proud to offer our customers the most advanced infrastructure and systems in the country and to showcase Switzerland's competitiveness in this field."

Iron Mountain has been present in Switzerland since 1993 and operates seven facilities nationwide. Visit www.ironmountain.ch for more information.