Pink Elephant Launches Sovereign Data Archive Service on Quantum’s Cold Storage
Event summary
- Pink Elephant deployed DMaaS Clouddrive Cold, a new archive service based on Quantum’s ActiveScale Cold Storage.
- The service spans three data centers in the Netherlands, offering sovereign storage with 15 nines of durability.
- Quantum’s solution integrates tape cold tier to reduce energy consumption and operational costs by up to 70% compared to disk-only alternatives.
- Pink Elephant manages over 250 petabytes of customer data across sovereign data centers in the Netherlands and Germany.
The big picture
This partnership underscores the growing need for cost-efficient, sovereign data storage solutions in Europe amid rising regulatory pressures and exponential data growth. Quantum’s tape-integrated architecture positions it as a key player in the long-term data retention market, particularly for sectors like healthcare and government where compliance is critical.
What we're watching
- Geographic Expansion
- Whether Pink Elephant can replicate this model across other European markets beyond the Netherlands.
- Regulatory Compliance
- How stringent data sovereignty laws in Europe will shape demand for such services.
- Cost Efficiency
- The pace at which tape-based cold storage adoption accelerates as energy costs rise.
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