Taken offline: Myrient will shut down 390TB archive on March 31, 2026
Myrient will be taken offline on March 31, 2026, and operators say anyone who wants copies of the site's roughly 390TB of data must download them before the end of March.
Taken offline and the timeline
The archive is scheduled to close on March 31, 2026, leaving users with a clear deadline to secure content from what the site estimates is at least 390TB of material. The operator warned that the window to retrieve files runs only through the end of March, and the site's Discord server and Telegram channel will remain open after the shutdown.
Rising costs, hardware shortages and abusive download managers
Operators said insufficient funding and rising expenses forced the shutdown; they reported paying more than $6, 000 out of pocket each month to cover hosting costs. The site cited climbing RAM, SSD, and HDD prices driven by AI infrastructure build-out as a key factor, and noted it cannot afford necessary upgrades to storage and caching infrastructure.
The operator also pointed to abusive users who monetized site content by bypassing donation messages and adding paywalls, behavior the creator said violated the archive's ban on commercial, for-profit use. Larger industry moves were noted as well: one data-center provider is raising prices up to 37% starting April 1, a change the archive said adds pressure to hosting budgets.
What remains accessible and next steps for preservation
While the main archive will be taken offline on March 31, 2026, the site's Discord and Telegram channels will remain available so preservationists and gamers can coordinate. The operator urged anyone interested in salvaging titles to download what they need before the end-of-March cutoff; after that date the public archive will no longer be accessible.
With the shutdown date set for March 31, 2026, the immediate next event confirmed by the operator is the closure itself, and the continued availability of the Discord and Telegram communities for discussion and possible future efforts to revive the project.
