Data storage capacity is projected to reach 2.5 Yottabytes by 2050. Historically, the amount of installed data storage has increased by three orders of magnitude approximately every 30 years: from exceeding 1 Exabyte in 1980 to 1 Zettabyte in 2012, and now to exceed 1 Yottabyte anticipated in the mid-2040s. To meet the demand within the next decade, data storage supply must grow over 100-fold—not only in capacity but also in cost efficiency, performance, and media longevity. Furthermore, energy efficiency must improve even more significantly.
With current storage technologies, such as HDDs, SSDs, and tape, the scaling curves are flattening in terms of storage density and cost efficiency, making it implausible to achieve the necessary improvements with existing solutions. There is an urgent need for a new, green, and scalable technology to meet these requirements. At the same time, storage system architectures have to evolve to harness capacity growth. This also includes rethinking how to organize data, file systems, and interface technologies.
Ceramic Data Storage represents this next-generation solution: a durable, sustainable, and high-performing data storage technology capable of achieving high density. By leveraging existing technologies and materials, Cerabyte can be deployed in the foreseeable future to provide the desperately needed long-term data storage capacity, starting the journey to unlock the full potential of this emerging technology.
