According to Statista, 74 zettabytes of data was created globally in 2021, which is around a 25% increase from 2020. If data creation continues at this rate, the current storage solutions will not have enough capacity to handle this amount of information. Neil Ballinger, Head of EMEA at EU Automation, discusses the benefits of DNA storage as a new solution to data storage.
As old data storage systems edge towards redundancy, alternative technology needs to be created. A number of companies, such as Microsoft and Twist Bioscience, believe the answer to this could lie in our DNA. DNA storage would enable molecular-level data storage into synthetic DNA molecules using biotechnology advances to develop archival storage. Instead of ones…
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