This statistic provides a forecast of the actual amount of data stored by data centers worldwide, from 2015 to 2020. In 2018, data centers will store an estimated 547 exabytes of actual data.
Amount of data actually stored in data centers worldwide from 2015 to 2021
(in exabytes)
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Cisco Systems. (February 1, 2018). Amount of data actually stored in data centers worldwide from 2015 to 2021 (in exabytes) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/638613/worldwide-data-center-storage-used-capacity/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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