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.”
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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