I didn't follow this story closely, especially since mainstream news sources seemed be supportive of Musk's self-imposed directive to reduce inefficiency (which in this case apparently involved a misunderstanding of the practical logistics of keeping paper records so far underground).
I know saying "mainstream news sources" makes me sound like a crazy person, but I just mean it was difficult to find information that didn't come off as making an argument right from the headline. The best sources I found were on Reddit, of all places.
From what I understand, though, this story has an ironic outcome. Once the CEO of Iron Mountain realized he was on Musk's radar, he actually started campaigning to work with the federal government to increase the terms of the contract. Again, this is just my limited understanding, but it seems that the federal government has now been convinced to pay Iron Mountain more money to digitize paper records.
Whether this is good or bad or necessary isn't for me to say. I just think it's interesting that Iron Mountain has built an entire functioning town 200 feet underground in service of the storage facility. On one hand, it's very Shinra Electric Power Company coded. On the other hand, the photos are amazing.
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Date: 2025-04-04 04:29 pm (UTC)I know saying "mainstream news sources" makes me sound like a crazy person, but I just mean it was difficult to find information that didn't come off as making an argument right from the headline. The best sources I found were on Reddit, of all places.
From what I understand, though, this story has an ironic outcome. Once the CEO of Iron Mountain realized he was on Musk's radar, he actually started campaigning to work with the federal government to increase the terms of the contract. Again, this is just my limited understanding, but it seems that the federal government has now been convinced to pay Iron Mountain more money to digitize paper records.
Whether this is good or bad or necessary isn't for me to say. I just think it's interesting that Iron Mountain has built an entire functioning town 200 feet underground in service of the storage facility. On one hand, it's very Shinra Electric Power Company coded. On the other hand, the photos are amazing.