Iron Mountain (NYSE:IRM) reported document second-quarter outcomes for 2026, with income rising 19% yr over yr to $2.03 billion and adjusted EBITDA growing 16% to $727 million, as progress in knowledge facilities, asset lifecycle administration and digital options outpaced the corporate’s expectations.
President and Chief Government Officer Will Meaney mentioned natural income grew 17% through the quarter, whereas adjusted funds from operations, or AFFO, elevated 17%. The corporate’s knowledge middle, asset lifecycle administration, or ALM, and digital companies collectively grew by greater than 50%, contributing 35% of second-quarter income, up 750 foundation factors from a yr earlier.
“Our staff delivered one other excellent efficiency with record-breaking second quarter outcomes exceeding our expectations throughout all metrics,” Meaney mentioned.
Information Middle Leasing and Capability
Iron Mountain’s knowledge middle enterprise generated $263 million in second-quarter income, up $73 million, or 39%, from the prior yr. The phase’s adjusted EBITDA rose $41 million to $137 million, and its adjusted EBITDA margin elevated 140 foundation factors yr over yr to 52.2%.
The corporate signed 13 megawatts of latest knowledge middle leases within the second quarter, together with a 10-megawatt lease in Amsterdam. In July, it signed a further 75 megawatts of leases, bringing year-to-date leasing to 110 megawatts. July exercise included a 25-megawatt lease that absolutely leased Iron Mountain’s London Three asset and a 51-megawatt, 10-year settlement with a serious world hyperscaler in Mumbai.
Meaney mentioned the corporate has about 325 megawatts of capability anticipated to be energized through the subsequent 24 months, following leasing exercise within the first half and July. He mentioned demand is robust throughout the corporate’s pipeline, together with at its Richmond campus, in Europe and in India.
Administration mentioned it expects to “meaningfully exceed” its authentic 100-megawatt full-year leasing goal, although executives famous that giant hyperscale leases might be uneven from quarter to quarter. Chief Monetary Officer Barry Hytinen mentioned the corporate plans to emphasise its energization schedule moderately than challenge annual leasing steerage, describing the accessible capability as positioned in engaging markets with strong buyer pipelines.
ALM Progress Drives Income Upside
ALM income rose 88% yr over yr to $288 million, together with 82% natural progress. Hytinen mentioned the phase exceeded the corporate’s prior projection by greater than $45 million, supported by each enterprise ALM providers and hyperscale knowledge middle decommissioning.
Enterprise ALM income grew greater than 60% organically, aided by growth with present clients and new contract wins. Information middle decommissioning income elevated greater than 100% from the prior yr, partially reflecting about $30 million of timing advantages from massive hyperscaler tasks that had been accelerated into the second quarter.
Meaney characterised ALM as a multibillion-dollar alternative, citing a $35 billion addressable market. The corporate mentioned the enterprise channel accounts for roughly 75% of that market and presents recurring exercise and cross-selling alternatives throughout Iron Mountain’s buyer base of greater than 240,000 clients.
Iron Mountain raised its full-year ALM income outlook and now expects the enterprise to strategy $1 billion in 2026 income. Hytinen mentioned the enterprise ALM enterprise is anticipated to develop greater than 50% this yr and generate barely greater than $600 million of full-year income.
The corporate additionally lately acquired Group ATF, an ALM supplier in France and Belgium. Hytinen mentioned the transaction closed round Aug. 1 and includes annual income within the excessive teenagers of hundreds of thousands. Iron Mountain expects roughly $7 million of income contribution through the second half, with the acquired enterprise carrying an EBITDA margin within the low 20% vary earlier than anticipated value and income synergies.
Data and Digital Companies Proceed to Increase
International data and data administration income reached a quarterly document of $1.4 billion, up 8% on a reported foundation and seven% organically. Storage income rose 5% organically, whereas providers income elevated 9% organically.
Iron Mountain’s digital enterprise grew greater than 25%, in line with Hytinen. Meaney mentioned digital options posted document quarterly income and that greater than 45% of digital income is now recurring. He additionally cited traction for the corporate’s AI-powered InSight DXP platform, together with new deployments with monetary providers and fintech clients in the UK and Australia.
Hytinen mentioned bodily storage volumes continued to extend, with the corporate storing extra bodily quantity for purchasers than at any prior level. He expects bodily volumes to stay modestly optimistic, supported by continued outsourcing in markets together with India.
The corporate additionally mentioned its Inner Income Service digital-services contract ramped quicker than anticipated. Hytinen mentioned the contract generated greater than $15 million of second-quarter income, in contrast with about $9 million within the first quarter, and that Iron Mountain continues to count on annual income from this system to exceed $100 million in 2027.
Raised 2026 Outlook
Iron Mountain raised its full-year monetary outlook following the second-quarter efficiency. The corporate now expects:
- Whole income of $7.94 billion to $8.01 billion, representing 16% progress on the midpoint.
- Adjusted EBITDA of $2.945 billion to $2.975 billion, representing 15% progress on the midpoint.
- AFFO of $1.76 billion to $1.78 billion, or $5.87 to $5.93 per share.
For the third quarter, the corporate expects roughly $1.98 billion in income, $745 million in adjusted EBITDA and $440 million in AFFO, or $1.47 per share.
Iron Mountain generated $888 million in year-to-date working money circulate, up $315 million from the prior-year interval. The corporate invested $553 million in progress capital expenditures and $38 million in recurring capital expenditures through the second quarter. It ended the interval with internet lease-adjusted leverage of 4.8 occasions and declared a quarterly dividend of $0.864 per share, payable in early October.
About Iron Mountain (NYSE:IRM)
Iron Mountain Integrated is a world info administration firm that helps organizations shield, retailer, and handle their bodily and digital info. The agency offers a variety of providers together with safe data storage, doc imaging and digitization, safe shredding and destruction, and data governance options designed to help regulatory compliance and enterprise continuity. Iron Mountain additionally presents specialised safe storage environments and logistics for delicate property corresponding to artwork, medical data, and authorized archives.
Past conventional data administration, Iron Mountain has expanded into technology-driven providers to help clients’ digital transformation.
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