As another infographic illustrates, if you were to burn all the data created last year onto Blu-ray discs, you would have to invest a staggering 660 billion – each with a standard capacity of 50 gigabytes. However, the global total of 33 zettabytes is peanut-sized compared to projections for the next decade or so – as our infographic shows, 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 although when compared to the forecasts for the next decade or so – as our infographic shows, data creation is about to explode.


