BOYERS — Iron Mountain, with its state-of-the-art records management and data center, is getting $2 million from the state to enhance its underground facility that is projected to create and support nearly 100 jobs, according to an announcement Thursday by Gov. Tom Corbett’s office.

The money will cover the installation of geothermal infrastructure to ensure records and data are maintained in a secure, climate-controlled environment.

The grant is from a program known as the Economic Growth Initiative.

“Iron Mountain is embarking on something truly unheard of in the data management industry,” Corbett said in his announcement.

“The innovation, energy savings and possibility of sustainable, green energy solutions for data management will help fuel the economic engine of the entire region for years to come.”

The facility has a large underground lake that maintains a constant temperature and allows the use of geothermal cooling of the data center equipment. This allows for energy consumption to be significantly reduced and reduces energy costs. It also provides a green energy solution for data center storage.

“Most traditional data centers rely on air to direct cool a data center. The energy required to power and cool those data centers is quite expensive,” said Mark Kidd, senior vice president and general manager of Iron Mountain data centers business.

During the next five years, Iron Mountain will invest $200 million in the Boyers facility.

The project will allow Iron Mountain to expand services for its clients.

“Iron Mountain’s Boyers location is a unique facility and a key employer in our region,” said state Sen. Scott Hutchinson, R-21st. “I’m pleased that the Corbett administration has made this project a priority.”

Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain stores and protects billions of information assets, including business documents, backup tapes, electronic files and medical data.