Have you ever wondered how much data can be stored in a data center?

Data centers vary widely in size and purpose, so no single "average" storage capacity exists, but mid-sized facilities typically hold several petabytes of data. Large hyperscale centers operated by companies like AWS or Google can reach hundreds of petabytes or even exabytes across their infrastructure. Storage scales with factors like the number of data halls, rack density, and drive types (e.g., HDDs or SSDs up to 30 TB each).dgtlinfra+1

Typical Capacities

A single data hall in a data center often exceeds 1 petabyte (1,000 terabytes). Mid-sized facilities with 3-10 data halls aggregate multiple petabytes facility-wide. Examples include TikTok storing 470 petabytes and Spotify 460 petabytes with Google.solix+1

Large-Scale Examples

Hyperscale providers like AWS manage hundreds of exabytes (1 million terabytes) globally across numerous sites. Meta's AI supercluster features 175 petabytes of bulk storage plus additional cache layers. Worldwide data center storage was estimated over 1,500 exabytes in older aggregates.traxindprod+2

470 petabytes equals 470,000,000,000,000,000 bytes, or $4.7 \times 10^{17}$ bytes in scientific notation. This uses the standard decimal definition where 1 petabyte = $10^{15}$ bytes (1,000 terabytes).kylesconverter+2

Conversion Breakdown

One petabyte consists of $1,000,000,000,000,000$ bytes. Multiply by 470 to get the total: $470 \times 10^{15} = 4.7 \times 10^{17}$ bytes. Note that binary prefixes (pebibytes) use $2^{50}$ bytes per PB, but data centers typically report decimal values.unitconverters+2

Context in Data Centers

TikTok's 470 petabytes, mentioned earlier, thus represents about 470 quadrillion bytes of storage. This scale highlights why hyperscale facilities manage exabytes across global networks.dgtlinfra+1

One exabyte equals 1,000,000 terabytes using the standard decimal prefixes common in data center reporting (1 EB = 10^18 bytes, 1 TB = 10^12 bytes). Some sources use binary prefixes, yielding 1,048,576 TB (1 EB = 2^60 bytes), but hyperscale storage like AWS follows decimal for consistency.unitconverters+3

Conversion Details

Divide exabyte bytes by terabyte bytes: $10^{18} \div 10^{12} = 10^6$ or 1 million TB. For context, AWS's hundreds of exabytes equate to hundreds of millions of TB globally.dgtlinfra+1

Data Center Relevance

Meta's 175 PB is 0.175 EB or 175,000 TB, while full exabyte-scale facilities span millions of TB across racks of high-density drives.solix+1

1500 exabytes equals 1,500,000,000,000 gigabytes using decimal prefixes standard for data centers (1 EB = 10^18 bytes, 1 GB = 10^9 bytes). This yields $1.5 \times 10^{12}$ GB through $1500 \times 10^9$ .unitconverters+2

Calculation Steps

One exabyte converts to 1,000,000,000 GB ( $10^9$ ). Multiply by 1500: $1500 \times 1,000,000,000 = 1,500,000,000,000$ GB. Binary conversions (e.g., 1 EB ≈ 931 trillion GB) apply less often in storage reporting.convertlive+3

Data Center Context

This aligns with prior estimates of over 1,500 exabytes worldwide, equating to 1.5 quadrillion GB across global facilities like those of AWS or Meta.traxindprod+1

After trillion (10^12) in the short scale used in the US and data storage contexts, the prefixes are quadrillion (10^15), quintillion (10^18), sextillion (10^21), and septillion (10^24).physics.unc+1

Data Storage Prefixes

These align with SI units for bytes: tera (trillion, TB), peta (quadrillion, PB), exa (quintillion, EB), zetta (sextillion, ZB), yotta (septillion, YB). For example, 1 EB = 1 quintillion bytes, matching prior conversions like 1 EB to 1 million TB.britannica+2

Usage Notes

Data centers use decimal (powers of 10^3) for these, not binary (2^10), so 1 PB = 1 quadrillion bytes exactly in reporting. Beyond yotta, informal terms like brontobyte (10^27) appear but lack standardization.techtarget+1

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