This statistic provides a forecast of the amount of data center storage consumed by big data worldwide, from 2015 to 2021. In 2018, big data was forecast to require 124 exabytes of data center storage space globally, growing to 403 exabytes by 2021.
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This statistic provides a forecast of the amount of data center storage consumed by big data worldwide, from 2015 to 2021. In 2018, big data was forecast to require 124 exabytes of data center storage space globally, growing to 403 exabytes by 2021.
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This statistic provides a forecast of the amount of data center storage consumed by big data worldwide, from 2015 to 2021. In 2018, big data was forecast to require 124 exabytes of data center storage space globally, growing to 403 exabytes by 2021.
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