Statista Digital Economy Compass
Global Data Creation is About to Explode
As covered in another infographic, if you were to burn all of the data created last year onto Blu-ray discs, you would need to invest in an astounding 660 billion - each with a standard capacity of 50 gigabytes. The worldwide total, 33 zettabytes, is peanuts though when compared to the forecasts for the next decade or so - as our infographic shows, data creation is about to explode.
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This chart shows the actual and forecast amount of data created worldwide from 2010 to 2035.
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