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Microsoft develops ultra durable glass plates that can store several TBs of data for 10000 years (unlocked.microsoft.com)
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Microsoft develops ultra durable glass plates that can store several TBs of data for 10000 years::Project Silica’s coaster-size glass plates can store unaltered data for thousands of years, creating sustainable storage for the world

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Just out of curiosity, I calculated that the article's (War and Peace * 875,000) claim would net you less than 1TB of storage space (~973GB), assuming it was GZipped (and ~3x that if not).

The most concrete number we have is from another article (also on an official Microsoft page) that claims it's upwards of 7TB.