Ownership Submission
FORM 4
Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
RAKOWICH WALTER C
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
IRON MOUNTAIN INC [IRM]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED, ONE FEDERAL STREET
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/06/2016
(Street)

BOSTON, MA 02110
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share 01/06/2016   M   4,929.1967 A (1) 5,067.1967 D  
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share 01/06/2016   D   0.1967 (2) D $ 27.12 5,067 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Phantom Stock (1) 01/06/2016   M     4,929.1967 (3)   (4)   (4) Common Stock 4,929.1967 (1) 9,156.4576 (5) D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
RAKOWICH WALTER C
C/O IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED
ONE FEDERAL STREET
BOSTON, MA 02110
  X      

Signatures

 /s/ Garry B. Watzke, under Power of Attorney dated July 29, 2013, from Walter Rakowich   01/25/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Pursuant to the Reporting Person's election to participate in the Iron Mountain Incorporated Directors Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan"), the shares of phantom stock ("Phantom Shares") are payable in shares of Iron Mountain Incorporated common stock on various dates selected by the Reporting Person or as otherwise provided in the Plan. Each Phantom Share is the economic equivalent of one (1) share of Iron Mountain Incorporated common stock.
(2) Represents the fraction of a share of Iron Mountain Incorporated common stock otherwise issuable to the Reporting Person for which cash was paid in lieu of the issuance of a fractional share, based on the closing price of Iron Mountain Incorporated common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the transaction date.
(3) Settlement of the Phantom Shares is in an equivalent number of whole shares of Iron Mountain Incorporated common stock and cash in lieu of the issuance of a fractional share.
(4) Settlement of the Phantom Shares is made in accordance with distribution elections made by the Reporting Person or as otherwise provided in the Plan.
(5) Excludes 0.0001 Phantom Shares not owned by the Reporting Person but previously reported as a result of an administrative error just corrected by John Hancock Retirement Plan Services LLC, the record-keeper for the Plan.

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