PBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunct — public TV channel sues Iron Mountain data center, which hosts archival materials, to ensure preservation
Summary
Tom's Hardware reports that Nine PBS lost access to 50TB of archival TV data after its contracted cloud storage vendor OSS went defunct, with Iron Mountain hosting the data center. The piece describes the legal actions to preserve and retrieve the data, highlights the risks of outsourcing archival storage, and suggests that robust, multi-site backups and better vendor due diligence are needed to prevent similar losses. It serves as a cautionary tale about relying on cloud storage for long-term historical assets.