There is no general solution for the storage method, this must be carefully designed and selected to address specific applications depending on geometry characteristics, working conditions, storage equipment, technical performances, costs, and safety requirements. In this scenario, materials for H\({}_{2}\) components and infrastructures are a critical theme to guarantee reliability and safety, so their characterization is fundamental to evaluate the H\({}_{2}\) effect on them in specific conditions. In particular, the effect of pressure and temperature on material properties must be investigated to address loading conditions close to the operation. Among the tests, slow strain rate tests (SSRTs) are considered necessary to investigate the effect of H\({}_{2}\) on ductility, fracture mechanics and fatigue tests are fundamental at both the design and verification stage of components; while adsorption-desorption tests are essential to evaluate the storage performance of a SSMs system. Besides, several complementary techniques are considered essential to analyze the H\({}_{2}\) effects on materials, particularly in steel types and SSMs. Generally, to characterize the crack formation, conventional fractographic methods, e.g., scanning (SEM) and transmission (TEM) electron spectroscopy, were used [24], but in the last years, many different techniques were adopted such as X-ray computed micro-tomography. Micro-tomography is one method to reconstruct complex 3D structures of the cracks, which has already been applied to observe stress corrosion cracking in steel [25; 26] and in aluminium alloys [27; 28]. Regarding SSMs, porosimetry and SEM are the most used techniques to characterize the texture and morphology of adsorbent materials, which represent an indication of material capacity to storage H\({}_{2}\)[29; 30]. H\({}_{2}\) represents one of the most attractive energy carriers, it has many applications such as stationary, mobile, backup, or speciality. In order to make H\({}_{2}\) of common use, it is necessary to make its production, distribution, and application safe, reliable, and commercial. A number of technical problems need to be solved before H\({}_{2}\) can be used as a common energy carrier. The problems involve the technology of production, storage, transmission, distribution, and ultimate application in a broad field of methods of end-use. Besides, it is evident that there are several problems related to H\({}_{2}\) use and its interaction with materials. In this context, there are several studies and investigations in the scientific sector, but only few facilities are able to test and validate the materials and components for H\({}_{2}\) storage and distribution in view of real application. This paper offers a brief review of H\({}_{2}\) storage methods and an extensive presentation of a new testing facility with its preliminary results in the field of H\({}_{2}\) storage. The work highlights the lab capabilities to analyze and evaluate the H\({}_{2}\) effects on materials and so on their storage capability, both with mechanical tests, on materials and components, and adsorbent materials, connecting these storage abilities with morphological, structural, and chemical properties of materials. Thank to these skills, the facility represents an interdisciplinary laboratory able to help the research and industrial sector to develop and validate materials and components for the new hydrogen economy. Then, the present work shows the results of SSRT and fatigue life tests conducted in the H\({}_{2}\) environment at high pressure on AISI 4145 steel specimens and a tank, respectively, and of an adsorption-desorption test on an SSM system, highlighting the correlation between storage performance and materials properties.