‘Digital Universe’ Now 487 Billion Gigabytes « Data Center Knowledge

Check the full post for more details

How much digital stuff are we creating? According to IDC, the global volume of digital content has reached 487 billion gigabytes - that’s 487 exabytes, for those who can get their heads around that large a number. It’s a lot of stuff.

• Expressed numerically, it’s 487,000,000,000 gigabytes
• If converted to paper, it could wrap the entire earth eight times over.
• If that paper were stacked, the pile would stretch to Pluto and back 10 times

‘Digital Universe’ Now 487 Billion Gigabytes « Data Center Knowledge