Iron Mountain Incorporated Q4 FY2021 Earnings Call

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Overall Performance

  • Record quarterly revenue of $1.16 billion, up 9.4% year-over-year (compared to Q4 2020).
  • Record quarterly Adjusted EBITDA of $431 million, up $56 million year-over-year.
  • Full-year 2021 revenue reached nearly $4.5 billion, up 8% reported and 6% organic constant currency versus 2020.
  • Full-year Adjusted EBITDA of $1.635 billion increased 11% year-over-year.
  • AFFO for 2021 rose 14% to $1.01 billion.

Key Growth Drivers

  • Strong organic storage rental revenue growth of 2.6% for the year.
  • Digital solutions and Asset Life Cycle Management (ALM) grew over 20% in Q4.
  • Data Center bookings reached 49 megawatts in 2021 (vs. 30MW guidance and 31MW in 2020).
  • Data Center Q4 revenue grew 25% year-over-year.
  • Execution of Project Summit contributed $160 million EBITDA improvement in 2021.

Strategic Developments

  • Acquisition of ITRenew (closed January 2022) strengthens ALM capabilities; expected to contribute ~$450 million revenue in 2022.
  • Total addressable market expanded to over $120 billion (up from $80 billion previously).
  • Strong ESG progress:
    • 100% renewable energy usage for data centers.
    • Joined Climate Group’s EV100 initiative.
    • Reduced greenhouse gas emissions by over 60% since 2016 baseline.

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Operator: Good morning, and welcome to the Iron Mountain Fourth Quarter 2021 Earnings. [Operator Instructions]. Please note, this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Gillian Tiltman, Senior Vice President and Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Gillian Tiltman: Thank you, Emily. Good morning, and welcome to our fourth quarter 2021 earnings conference call. On today's call, we will refer to materials available on our Investor Relations website. We are joined here today by Bill Meaney, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Barry Hytinen, our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. After prepared remarks, we'll open up the lines for Q&A. Today's earnings materials contain forward-looking statements, including statements regarding our expectations. All forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. Please refer to today's earnings materials, the safe harbor language on Slide 2 and our annual report on Form 10-K for a discussion of the major risk factors that could cause our actual results to differ from those in our forward-looking statements. In addition, we use several non-GAAP measures when presenting our financial results. We have included the reconciliations to these measures in our supplemental financial information. And with that, I'll turn the call over to Bill. William Meaney: Thank you, Gillian, and thank you all for taking time to join us today. We are pleased to have delivered record

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