BusinessSeptember 7, 2026

zettabytes

ZET-uh-bites

Definition

A unit of digital information storage equal to one sextillion (10^21) bytes.

Etymology

The word is formed by combining the prefix 'zetta-', derived from the Latin 'septem' (seven) because it represents 1,000 to the seventh power, with 'byte', a unit of digital information.

In the news

In the article, the term is used to measure the massive scale of data storage demand in AI data centers, which is projected to more than double in only a few years.

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