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Worldwide Global StorageSphere Forecast, 2025–2029

Publisher IDC
Published Jun 18, 2025
Length 33 Pages
SKU # IDC20121860

Description

This IDC study presents a forecast for the worldwide Global StorageSphere for 2025–2029. It measures the size of the installed base of storage capacity, storage utilization (or data stored), and the amount of storage available each year. The worldwide Global StorageSphere is forecast by region, storage media type, consumer or enterprise managed, location (core, edge, and endpoint), system type or application, and cloud/noncloud.“Global data generation continues to accelerate, but the expansion of storage capacity is defined by uncertainty and restraint,” says Adam Wright, research manager for IDC’s Global DataSphere and Global StorageSphere. “Supply-side pressures, shifting enterprise priorities, and rising operational constraints are tempering what was once assumed to be linear growth.”

Table of Contents

33 Pages

IDC Market Forecast Figure

Executive Summary

Advice for Technology Suppliers

Market Forecast

What Is the Current State of Storage?

Is There Sufficient Storage Capacity to Store All of the Data Created Each Year?

Generative AI’s Impact on the Growth Trajectory of the Global StorageSphere

Worldwide IDC Global StorageSphere Forecast

Storage Utilization Rates

Cloud and Noncloud

Enterprise Datacenter StorageSphere

IDC Global StorageSphere by Core, Edge, Endpoint

Regional IDC Global StorageSpheres

IDC Global StorageSphere by Consumer Versus Enterprise

IDC Global StorageSphere by System/Application

IDC Global StorageSphere by Storage Media Type

Market Context

Drivers and Inhibitors

Drivers

Declining Cost of Storage Media

Growth of Data Created in IDC’s Global DataSphere

Inhibitors

Storage Utilization Rate and Storage Efficiency Improvements

Near-Term IT Spending Changes

Significant Market Developments

Changes from Prior Forecast

Market Definition

Methodology

Related Research

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Pricing

Currency Rates
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