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Data storage capacity and demand worldwide 2009-2020
Data storage supply and demand worldwide, from 2009 to 2020 (in exabytes)
by Arne Holst,
last edited
Jun 7, 2018
This statistic provides a forecast of data storage demand and supply worldwide, from 2009 to 2020. In 2017, demand for storage is estimated to reach 14,800 exabytes, exceeding the world's storage output by some 4,000 exabytes.
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by Arne Holst,
last edited
Jun 7, 2018
This statistic provides a forecast of data storage demand and supply worldwide, from 2009 to 2020. In 2017, demand for storage is estimated to reach 14,800 exabytes, exceeding the world's storage output by some 4,000 exabytes.
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One exabyte is the equivalent of a billion gigabytes.
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