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Data center storage capacity worldwide: consumer and business segments 2016-2021

Data center storage capacity worldwide from 2016 to 2021, by segment (in exabytes)

The data shows a forecast of data center storage capacity worldwide, by segment, from 2016 to 2021. In 2018, the storage capacity of data centers stood at 1450 exabytes worldwide with 250 exabytes being consumed by collaboration activities and data.

2016 160 170 150 180 50 60 30 70
2017 210 220 170 240 90 60 60 70
2018 280 250 230 290 110 90 80 120
2019 340 330 260 350 150 110 90 140
2020 410 360 330 380 190 140 90 160
2021 470 400 380 420 180 160 100 190