Digital Bedrock

"Digital preservation, in other words, is not about freezing archival digital materials, but ensuring they remain readable and trustworthy as technology evolves.

"A big challenge, Stuchell says, is that they are preserving for a future we can’t predict."

Preserving the digital past Preserving digital materials requires skills, special equipment, and a creative approach.

Join Digital Bedrock at ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2026 in New Orleans! The fun takes place July 29 - August 1, 2026. Digital Bedrock will be at booth #210 in the Expo Hall, and our work on the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) project will be mentioned in the session “Preserving Public Broadcasting at Scale” on Thursday July 30 at 11:00am. We look forward to seeing you in the sessions, at our booth, and perhaps strutting in a Second Line.

of American Archivists

NPR’s Marketplace Tech segment on “Digital Archiving and the Global Memory Shortage,” featuring an interview with Digital Bedrock’s CEO, Linda Tadic.

Marketplace’s Stephanie Hughes speaks with Linda about how the rapid construction of data centers, driven by tech companies rushing to power their AI models, is contributing to a global data storage media and memory shortage. You can listen to Part 1 here: https://tinyurl.com/2me87uzr

Part 2 is scheduled to air later in March and will focus on digital preservation and the work we do to protect client data.

Digital archiving and the global memory shortage AI data centers are buying up a lot of the world’s supply of computing memory, causing a global shortage. That’s having an effect on digital archiving efforts.

Digital Bedrock is excited to sponsor the Digital Preservation Summit 2026. On Thursday, Feb. 5th, Linda Tadic will present a session on “Building Sustainable Digital Preservation Programs” from 9:55AM-10:15AM PST. Register with the code DB50 to get 50% off the conference fee: https://tinyurl.com/2mmhsry8