

Iceland is located between Europe and the U.S., which means the companies located here and there would be able to store and retrieve their data quickly from one location. There are a couple of good reasons why this would work. There is a proposed concept data storage skyscraper that would be located in Iceland. If you are looking for a large data storage solution, this data center of the future could be what exactly what you need. The research team has already been able to store books such as the Holy Bible, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Year of Light, and the Magna Carta.Īlthough these 5D discs can hold up to 360 terabytes of data-this may not work for those looking for a large data storage solution. The ORC team believes their data storage management system can keep data for over 13 billion years without replacing.

Data is not written on the surface but is written on the inside of the glass disc using a laser. These 5D data storage disks are made from glass quartz, and unlike CDs or Blu-ray discs, which write data in bumps on the disc’s surface, the data on a 5D disk is more protected. Using binary code-each one of these 5D glass discs can hold 360 terabytes of data and can survive sweltering temperatures and is waterproof.

This revolutionary data storage management solution comes in a glass disc the size of a quarter. Scientists at the University of Southampton’s Optoelectronics Research Center (ORC) have developed a new type of data storage.
