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PBS station fears losing 50TB of data after being ghosted by cloud storage provider
"We don't have access to the data on the hardware/servers," Iron Mountain told Ars.
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A PBS affiliate is suing a data center provider after its cloud storage partner collapsed, leaving the station unable to access 50 TB of archived TV shows, videos, and other content that spans 70 years. The data, stored on hardware and servers owned by the provider, is now inaccessible. The affiliate claims the provider failed to maintain access to the stored material. The lawsuit seeks to recover control of the archived content. The case highlights the risks of relying on third‑party cloud storage for long‑term media preservation.
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