AI will dramatically increase data storage demand, straining sustainability: Seagate report

New Delhi: A recent report has shown that 94.5% of data centre professionals globally, including a significant number in India, expect AI to dramatically increase their data storage needs, highlighting a surge in demand that challenges sustainability efforts. The decarbonising data report by Seagate Technology reveals that in India, 63.3% of respondents manage between 500 petabytes and 5 terabytes of data, reflecting the vast scale of storage requirements driven by AI growth.