Worldwide Global StorageSphere Forecast, 2025-2029

Description

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."

Product Code: US53561425

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