Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Data is the key resource in the digital economy. Huawei Global Industry Vision (GIV), a report that provides quantitative and qualitative analysis about the future of industry and society, predicts that by 2030, humanity will enter the YB data era.

The ability to store data properly and safely is a pressing problem for our digital age, relying on comprehensive data storage power.

Data Storage Power Is the
Digital Cornerstone of High-Quality Economic and
Social Development

Digital economy unleashes the value in data, and data infrastructure fuels the development of the digital economy. Digital infrastructure comprises three important elements – storage, server, and network – requiring a perfect balance to promote long-term, sustainable evolution.

Data lifecycle first stores and uses collected data to provide raw materials for data processing and application. It is transmitted to the physical world to support the digital operations of the economy and society. Then, the data is returned to the storage devices to improve the accuracy and availability of models and algorithms.

Optimal storage facilitates fast computing and stable networks, which ensures digital infrastructure gives full play to data elements, providing optimal digital hardware products and services, and promoting the healthy and orderly development of new industries.

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Digital economy

Digital infrastructure

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Direct impact

1 USD storage power directly contributes 5 USD to national economies

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Indirect impact

1 USD data storage power indirectly contributes 8 USD to national economies

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Induced impact

1 USD data storage power contributes 30 to 40 USD to national economies overall

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Direct Impact on the ICT Infrastructure Industry: Faster Economic and Employment Growth

The direct impact is the economic and social value created by digital infrastructure.

Data storage power investment covers purchase and construction of data storage hardware and auxiliary devices, subscription and development of data storage management software, and routine maintenance, which create job opportunities for local population.

What's more, data storage supply enterprises launch internal and external training programs to enable users. This not only improves the quality of local workers but also develop versatile talent to meet the requirements of the digital era.

Data is the key resource in the digital economy. Huawei Global Industry Vision (GIV), a report that provides quantitative and qualitative analysis about the future of industry and society, predicts that by 2030, humanity will enter the YB data era.
The ability to store data properly and safely is a pressing problem for our digital age, relying on comprehensive data storage power.

Data Storage Power Is the
Digital Cornerstone of
High-Quality Economic and
Social Development

Digital economy unleashes the value in data, and data infrastructure fuels the development of the digital economy. Digital infrastructure comprises three important elements – storage, server, and network – requiring a perfect balance to promote long-term, sustainable evolution.

Data lifecycle first stores and uses collected data to provide raw materials for data processing and application. It is transmitted to the physical world to support the digital operations of the economy and society. Then, the data is returned to the storage devices to improve the accuracy and availability of models and algorithms.

Optimal storage facilitates fast computing and stable networks, which ensures digital infrastructure gives full play to data elements, providing optimal digital hardware products and services, and promoting the healthy and orderly development of new industries.

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Digital economy

Digital infrastructure

Direct impact

The direct impact is the economic and social value created by digital infrastructure.

Data storage power investment covers purchase and construction of data storage hardware and auxiliary devices, subscription and development of data storage management software, and routine maintenance, which create job opportunities for local population.

What's more, data storage supply enterprises launch internal and external training programs to enable users. This not only improves the quality of local workers but also develop versatile talent to meet the requirements of the digital era.

Indirect impact

The indirect impact means the value produced by relevant data production activities with the data storage infrastructure purchased by users.

The deployment of data storage by enterprises improves business operation efficiency, facilitates enterprise development, and improves resource utilization. This kind of investment brings in more revenue for enterprises and improves the working environment.

Induced impact

Data storage power construction underpins digital infrastructure and digital economy development, and the economic activities related to them will eventually affect every one, family, and organization.

Therefore, the induced impact covers all the impact generated by all kinds of government, society, and enterprise data applications across the society. For the US$30–40 national economy growth contributed by every US$1 data storage power, it includes not only GDP growth, but also the improvement of urban governance, enterprise service supply, and citizens' livelihood.

How to Define Data Storage Power

Storage capacity is the core of the data storage power, critical to optimal performance, reliability, and low carbon. This White Paper measures data storage power's level of development from two perspectives: effectiveness and support. The level of development will then be refined to 35 three-level indicators across four directions. This system will help governments and enterprises to comprehensively evaluate their own data storage power development and inform decisions during data storage power construction.

Data storage power indicator matrix
for regional development
Data storage power indicator matrix
for data center construction
Data storage power indicator matrix
for storage devices
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Magnitude

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Efficiency

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Groundwork

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Advancement

Data storage capacity per unit of GDP

This indicator measures whether the storage capacity of a country/region matches its digital economy development degree and the data amount generated.

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Total data storage capacity/GDP of
a country or region in a year
(GB/US$ 10,000)

Adequacy of storage capacity

This indicator measures whether the storage capacity of a country/region matches its data amount.

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Data storage capacity/Total data amount of a country or region produced in a year
(%)

Growth rate of storage capacity investment

This indicator measures whether a country/region's storage investment matches its data growth and whether this investment supports this country/region to deploy cutting-edge technologies.

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Data storage investment of the current year/Data storage investment of the last year of a country or region
(%)

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Magnitude

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Efficiency

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Groundwork

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Advancement

Data center storage capacity

This indicator reflects the total storage capacity provided by a data center.

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Total capacity of all kinds of storage equipment in a data center
(EB)

Adequacy of storage capacity

This indicator reflects to what extent the data generated in a data center is stored during peak hours.

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Storage capacity/Estimated peak data volume of a data center
(%)

Growth rate of storage capacity investment

This indicator measures whether a data center's storage investment matches its data growth and whether this investment supports this data center to deploy cutting-edge technologies.

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Data storage investment of the current year/Data storage investment of the last year
(%)

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Magnitude

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Efficiency

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Groundwork

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Advancement

Raw capacity

This indicator measures whether the storage capacity meets the storage demands in production activities.

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Physical capacity configured for
a storage system
(PB)

Usable capacity

This indicator measures whether the storage capacity meets the storage demands in production activities.

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Raw capacity - Capacity for
RAID and metadata
(PB)

Effective capacity

This indicator also measures whether the storage capacity meets the storage demands in production activities.

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Usable capacity x (Amount of data written into the system/Occupied capacity)
(PB)

How to Define Data Storage Power
Storage capacity is the core of the data storage power, critical to optimal performance, reliability, and low carbon. This White Paper measures data storage power's level of development from two perspectives: effectiveness and support. The level of development will then be refined to 35 three-level indicators across four directions. This system will help governments and enterprises to comprehensively evaluate their own data storage power development and inform decisions during data storage power construction.
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Data storage power indicator matrix for regional development

Magnitude
Efficiency
Groundwork
Advancement

Data storage capacity per unit of GDP

This indicator measures whether the storage capacity of a country/region matches its digital economy development degree and the data amount generated.

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Total data storage capacity/GDP of a country or region in a year
(GB/US$ 10,000)

Adequacy of storage capacity

This indicator measures whether the storage capacity of a country/region matches its data amount.

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Data storage capacity/Total data amount of a country or region produced in a year
(%)

Growth rate of storage capacity investment

This indicator measures whether a country/region's storage investment matches its data growth and whether this investment supports this country/region to deploy cutting-edge technologies.

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Data storage investment of the current year/Data storage investment of the last year of a country or region
(%)

Coverage of backup and DR

This indicator measures whether a country/region's backup and DR investment can cope with various accidents, ensuring data is not lost and services are not interrupted.

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Backup and DR investment/Data storage capacity investment of a country or region in a year
(%)

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Data storage power indicator matrix for data center construction

Magnitude
Efficiency
Groundwork
Advancement

Data center storage capacity

This indicator reflects the total storage capacity provided by a data center.

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Total capacity of all kinds of
storage equipment in a data center
(EB)

Adequacy of storage capacity

This indicator reflects to what extent the data generated in a data center is stored during peak hours.

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Storage capacity/Estimated peak data volume of a data center
(%)

Growth rate of storage capacity investment

This indicator measures whether a data center's storage investment matches its data growth and whether this investment supports this data center to deploy cutting-edge technologies.

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Data storage investment of the
current year/Data storage
investment of the last year
(%)

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Data storage power indicator matrix for storage devices

Magnitude
Efficiency
Groundwork
Advancement

Raw capacity

This indicator measures whether the storage capacity meets the storage demands in production activities.

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Physical capacity configured
for a storage system
(PB)

Usable capacity

This indicator measures whether the storage capacity meets the storage demands in production activities.

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Raw capacity - Capacity for
RAID and metadata
(PB)

Effective capacity

This indicator also measures whether the storage capacity meets the storage demands in production activities.

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Usable capacity x (Amount of
data written into the system
/Occupied capacity)
(%)

Global Data Storage Power Analysis

The research scope covers 20 countries and regions at different stages of development, and compares their storage power using eight indicators. The results show that these 20 countries and regions all have individual advantages in eight indicators and no country or region shows an overwhelmingly high advantage. A comprehensive data storage power indicator matrix helps identify both advantages and disadvantages in data storage power development, helping public and private bodies accelerate the construction of comprehensive data storage power and
support all-round development of the economy and society.

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Magnitude

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Efficiency

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Groundwork

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Advancement

1

Data storage capacity per unit of GDP

This indicator divides the country/region's total data storage capacity by its GDP. A higher value implies that the digital economy will have a greater impact on GDP and storage capacity will support the development of both the economy and society at large.

Discover how Singapore attracts MSPs and cloud service providers

  • 46.70
  • 33.44
  • 33.30
  • 33.06
  • 32.13
  • 31.64
  • 30.75
  • 27.79
  • 25.41
  • 23.52
  • 18.88
  • 17.98
  • 15.83
  • 14.48
  • 14.16
  • 12.79
  • 11.44
  • 10.47
  • 9.59
  • 9.45
Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise
Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise Calculation Formula Total data storage capacity / GDP of a country or region in a year
Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise Unit GB/USD 10,000
2

Adequacy of storage capacity

This indicator divides the data storage capacity by the total amount of data of a country/region produced in a year, reflecting to what extent the data produced by the country/region in that year was stored and whether the data storage power of a country/region is sufficient to support the development of its economy and society. The total quantity of local data refers to the dataset created, collected, or copied in a year.

  • 19.4%
  • 18.8%
  • 18.4%
  • 17.9%
  • 15.5%
  • 14.7%
  • 13.5%
  • 11.8%
  • 10.0%
  • 9.8%
  • 8.9%
  • 7.4%
  • 6.8%
  • 6.3%
  • 6.1%
  • 5.1%
  • 4.6%
  • 4.5%
  • 4.2%
  • 4.1%
Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise
Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise Calculation Formula Data storage capacity / Total amount of data of a
country or region produced in a year
Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise Unit %
3

Storage capacity investment growth

This indicator measures the storage investment growth momentum of countries/regions. It uses the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of storage capacity investment in these countries/regions between 2017 and 2019. A high growth rate reflects fast data storage development and high potential of a country/region.

Learn about France's storage power investment growth

  • 48.2%
  • 45.4%
  • 40.9%
  • 28.1%
  • 23.1%
  • 22.3%
  • 21.1%
  • 20.4%
  • 18.8%
  • 18.5%
  • 17.8%
  • 16.4%
  • 10.7%
  • 7.1%
  • 4.5%
  • 3.0%
  • -0.4%
  • -1.7%
  • -4.0%
  • -6.1%
Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise
Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise Calculation Formula

Data storage investment of the current year / Data storage investment
of the previous year of a country or region

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise Unit %
4

Storage-compute ratio

Storage and compute are both important components of digital infrastructure. Data compute power and data storage capacity in data centers must be balanced to avoid compute power redundancy caused by a shortage of data storage capacity, as this can reduce data processing efficiency.

Explore how North American countries balance the storage-compute ratio

  • 1:0.7
  • 1:0.9
  • 1:0.9
  • 1:0.9
  • 1:1.1
  • 1:1.1
  • 1:1.4
  • 1:1.4
  • 1:1.5
  • 1:2.4
  • 1:2.5
  • 1:3.0
  • 1:3.2
  • 1:3.4
  • 1:3.8
  • 1:4.6
  • 1:4.7
  • 1:4.8
  • 1:5.2
  • 1:5.6
Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise
Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise Calculation Formula Total existing compute power / Total existing
storage capacity of a country or region
Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise Unit GFLOPS/GB
5

Proportion of flash memory

SSDs are performant storage products widely praised in the storage industry. A country/region's investment in SSDs compared to its total investment in data storage power reflects whether its production system is agile and efficient. A higher ratio means SSDs provide strong support for rapid data invocation and exploration.

See how South Africa develops flash storage

  • 59.4%
  • 52.9%
  • 52.8%
  • 52.4%
  • 50.7%
  • 48.3%
  • 48.2%
  • 46.9%
  • 46.0%
  • 45.5%
  • 43.3%
  • 42.6%
  • 41.2%
  • 40.6%
  • 40.4%
  • 40.1%
  • 38.1%
  • 37.2%
  • 32.0%
  • 24.7%
Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise
Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise Calculation Formula Total investment in flash storage / Total storage
capacity investment of a country or region
Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise Unit %
6

Coverage of backup and DR

A high level of investment in backup and DR technologies usually means that cyber attacks and accidents can be defended against quickly and effectively, creating high system reliability. The backup and DR coverage rate measures the investment used for backup and DR as a proportion of the total investment used for data storage power.

Find out how Canada increases its backup and DR coverage ratio

  • 40.8%
  • 36.6%
  • 35.0%
  • 34.6%
  • 34.0%
  • 33.9%
  • 32.9%
  • 32.3%
  • 29.5%
  • 29.2%
  • 28.9%
  • 27.0%
  • 24.0%
  • 23.4%
  • 22.0%
  • 21.4%
  • 19.0%
  • 18.0%
  • 17.7%
  • 7.8%
Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise
Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise Calculation Formula Backup and DR investment / Data storage capacity investment
of a country or region in a year
Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise Unit %
7

Energy consumption per unit of storage capacity

This indicator measures the environmental impact of storage devices by dividing the annual power consumption of the devices by the total storage capacity. A low value indicates low carbon emissions and high contribution to the wider society's energy reduction goals. Due to a lack of statistics on the energy consumption of storage devices in each country/region, this figure is calculated based on the power consumption of data centers.

Learn about the UK's green storage power

  • 194
  • 247
  • 283
  • 342
  • 371
  • 376
  • 389
  • 390
  • 465
  • 531
  • 540
  • 547
  • 653
  • 718
  • 761
  • 928
  • 967
  • 1202
Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise
Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise Calculation Formula Energy consumption of storage devices in data centers / Total existing
storage capacity of a country or region in a year
Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise Unit kwh/TB
8

Storage patent share

Storage technology breakthroughs emerge from time to time and must be protected by patents for subsequent commercial use.

In 2020, enterprises and scientific research institutions around the world submitted a total of 328,817 data storage patent applications, among which 286,121, or 85%, were submitted by the 20 countries/regions listed. Enterprises and scientific research institutions headquartered in the US — the country that submitted the most data storage patent applications — submitted 132,242 patent applications.

Discover how the United States develop its data storage power patents

  • 40.2%
  • 14.7%
  • 6.8%
  • 6.2%
  • 2.5%
  • 1.5%
  • 1.2%
  • 0.9%
  • 0.6%
  • 0.6%
  • 0.5%
  • 0.3%
  • 0.1%
  • 0.0%
  • 0.0%
  • 0.0%
  • 0.0%
  • 0.0%
  • 0.0%
  • 0.0%
Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise
Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise Calculation Formula

Total number of data storage patents granted to enterprises of a
country or region in a year / Total number of data storage patents
granted globally in the same year

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise Unit %
Global Data Storage Power Analysis
The research scope covers 20 countries and regions at different stages of development, and compares their storage power using eight indicators. The results show that these 20 countries and regions all have individual advantages in eight indicators and no country or region shows an overwhelmingly high advantage. A comprehensive data storage power indicator matrix helps identify both advantages and disadvantages in data storage power development, helping public and private bodies accelerate the construction of comprehensive data storage power and support all-round development of the economy and society.
Magnitude
Efficiency
Groundwork
Advancement
1

Data storage capacity per unit of GDP

This indicator divides the country/region's total data storage capacity by its GDP. A higher value implies that the digital economy will have a greater impact on GDP and storage capacity will support the development of both the economy and society at large.

Discover how Singapore attracts MSPs and cloud service providers

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise
Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Calculation Formula

Total data storage capacity / GDP of a country or region in a year

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Unit

GB/USD 10,000

ranking

country

data

  • Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

    SG

    46.70

  • Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

    CR

    33.40

  • Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

    USA

    33.30

  • 4

    GER

    33.06

  • 5

    SE

    32.13

  • 6

    CAN

    31.64

  • 7

    ZA

    30.75

  • 8

    UK

    27.79

  • 9

    RUS

    25.41

  • 10

    CHN

    23.52

  • 11

    JPN

    18.88

  • 12

    FR

    17.98

  • 13

    CL

    15.83

  • 14

    TUR

    14.48

  • 15

    CO

    14.16

  • 16

    THA

    12.79

  • 17

    IND

    11.44

  • 18

    BR

    10.47

  • 19

    SA

    9.59

  • 20

    MX

    9.45

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Adequacy of storage capacity

This indicator divides the data storage capacity by the total amount of data of a country/region produced in a year, reflecting to what extent the data produced by the country/region in that year was stored and whether the data storage power of a country/region is sufficient to support the development of its economy and society. The total quantity of local data refers to the dataset created, collected, or copied in a year.

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Calculation Formula

Data storage capacity / Total amount of data of a country or region produced in a year

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Unit

%

ranking

country

data

  • Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

    USA

    19.4%

  • Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

    SG

    18.8%

  • Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

    GER

    18.4%

  • 4

    SE

    17.9%

  • 5

    UK

    15.5%

  • 6

    CAN

    14.7%

  • 7

    ZA

    13.5%

  • 8

    JPN

    11.8%

  • 9

    FR

    10.0%

  • 10

    CR

    9.8%

  • 11

    CHN

    8.9%

  • 12

    RUS

    7.4%

  • 13

    CL

    6.8%

  • 14

    TUR

    6.3%

  • 15

    CO

    6.1%

  • 16

    THA

    5.1%

  • 17

    IND

    4.6%

  • 18

    BR

    4.5%

  • 19

    SA

    4.2%

  • 20

    MX

    4.1%

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Storage capacity investment growth

This indicator measures the storage investment growth momentum of countries/regions. It uses the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of storage capacity investment in these countries/regions between 2017 and 2019. A high growth rate reflects fast data storage development and high potential of a country/region.

Learn about France's storage power investment growth

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise
Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Calculation Formula

Data storage investment of the current year / Data storage investment of the previous year of a country or region

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Unit

%

ranking

country

data

  • Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

    SG

    48.2%

  • Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

    CHN

    45.4%

  • Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

    RUS

    40.9%

  • 4

    FR

    28.1%

  • 5

    IND

    23.1%

  • 6

    ZA

    22.3%

  • 7

    SE

    21.1%

  • 8

    GER

    20.4%

  • 9

    CR

    18.8%

  • 10

    UK

    18.5%

  • 11

    JPN

    17.8%

  • 12

    TUR

    16.4%

  • 13

    SA

    10.7%

  • 14

    CO

    7.1%

  • 15

    THA

    4.5%

  • 16

    USA

    3.0%

  • 17

    CAN

    -0.4%

  • 18

    BR

    -1.7%

  • 19

    MX

    -4.0%

  • 20

    CL

    -6.1%

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Storage-compute ratio

Storage and compute are both important components of digital infrastructure. Data compute power and data storage capacity in data centers must be balanced to avoid compute power redundancy caused by a shortage of data storage capacity, as this can reduce data processing efficiency.

Explore how North American countries balance the storage-compute ratio

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise
Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Calculation Formula

Total existing compute power / Total existing storage capacity of a country or region

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Unit

GFLOPS/GB

ranking

country

data

  • Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

    SG

    1:0.7

  • Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

    USA

    1:0.9

  • Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

    JPN

    1:0.9

  • 4

    CAN

    1:0.9

  • 5

    GER

    1:1.1

  • 6

    SE

    1:1.1

  • 7

    CR

    1:1.4

  • 8

    UK

    1:1.4

  • 9

    FR

    1:1.5

  • 10

    CHN

    1:2.4

  • 11

    RUS

    1:2.5

  • 12

    ZA

    1:3.0

  • 13

    TUR

    1:3.2

  • 14

    BR

    1:3.4

  • 15

    CL

    1:3.8

  • 16

    THA

    1:4.6

  • 17

    IND

    1:4.7

  • 18

    SA

    1:4.8

  • 19

    CO

    1:5.2

  • 20

    MX

    1:5.6

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Proportion of flash memory

SSDs are performant storage products widely praised in the storage industry. A country/region's investment in SSDs compared to its total investment in data storage power reflects whether its production system is agile and efficient. A higher ratio means SSDs provide strong support for rapid data invocation and exploration.

See how South Africa develops flash storage

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Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Calculation Formula

Total investment in flash storage / Total storage capacity investment of a country or region

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Unit

%

ranking

country

data

  • Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

    CO

    59.4%

  • Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

    ZA

    52.9%

  • Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

    USA

    52.8%

  • 4

    RUS

    52.4%

  • 5

    BR

    50.7%

  • 6

    SA

    48.3%

  • 7

    SE

    48.2%

  • 8

    IND

    46.9%

  • 9

    UK

    46.0%

  • 10

    TUR

    45.5%

  • 11

    MX

    43.3%

  • 12

    GER

    42.6%

  • 13

    FR

    41.2%

  • 14

    SG

    40.6%

  • 15

    CR

    40.4%

  • 16

    CL

    40.1%

  • 17

    CAN

    38.1%

  • 18

    THA

    37.2%

  • 19

    JPN

    32.0%

  • 20

    CHN

    24.7%

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Coverage of backup and DR

A high level of investment in backup and DR technologies usually means that cyber attacks and accidents can be defended against quickly and effectively, creating high system reliability. The backup and DR coverage rate measures the investment used for backup and DR as a proportion of the total investment used for data storage power.

Find out how Canada increases its backup and DR coverage ratio

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Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Calculation Formula

Backup and DR investment / Data storage capacity investment of a country or region in a year

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Unit

%

ranking

country

data

  • Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

    SG

    40.8%

  • Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

    CAN

    36.6%

  • Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

    MX

    35.0%

  • 4

    FR

    34.6%

  • 5

    THA

    34.0%

  • 6

    BR

    33.9%

  • 7

    UK

    32.9%

  • 8

    USA

    32.3%

  • 9

    IND

    29.5%

  • 10

    SE

    29.2%

  • 11

    GER

    28.9%

  • 12

    CL

    27.0%

  • 13

    ZA

    24.0%

  • 14

    CR

    23.4%

  • 15

    CO

    22.0%

  • 16

    SA

    21.4%

  • 17

    JPN

    19.0%

  • 18

    RUS

    18.0%

  • 19

    TUR

    17.7%

  • 20

    CHN

    7.8%

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Energy consumption per unit of storage capacity

This indicator measures the environmental impact of storage devices by dividing the annual power consumption of the devices by the total storage capacity. A low value indicates low carbon emissions and high contribution to the wider society's energy reduction goals. Due to a lack of statistics on the energy consumption of storage devices in each country/region, this figure is calculated based on the power consumption of data centers.

Learn about the UK's green storage power

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Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Calculation Formula

EEnergy consumption of storage devices in data centers/Total existing storage capacity of a country or region in a year

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Unit

kwh/TB

ranking

country

data

  • Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

    UK

    194

  • Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

    USA

    247

  • Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

    CR

    283

  • 4

    GER

    342

  • 5

    FR

    371

  • 6

    SE

    376

  • 7

    CAN

    389

  • 8

    JPN

    390

  • 9

    SG

    465

  • 10

    CO

    531

  • 11

    CHN

    540

  • 12

    CL

    547

  • 13

    TUR

    653

  • 14

    ZA

    718

  • 15

    MX

    761

  • 16

    THA

    928

  • 17

    RUS

    967

  • 18

    IND

    1202

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Storage patent share

Storage technology breakthroughs emerge from time to time and must be protected by patents for subsequent commercial use.

In 2020, enterprises and scientific research institutions around the world submitted a total of 328,817 data storage patent applications, among which 286,121, or 85%, were submitted by the 20 countries/regions listed. Enterprises and scientific research institutions headquartered in the US — the country that submitted the most data storage patent applications — submitted 132,242 patent applications.

Discover how the United States develop its data storage power patents

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Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Calculation Formula

Total number of data storage patents granted to enterprises of a country or region in a year /Total number of data storage patents granted globally in the same year

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Unit

%

ranking

country

data

  • Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

    USA

    40.2%

  • Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

    CAN

    14.7%

  • Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

    JPN

    6.8%

  • 4

    CHN

    6.2%

  • 5

    GER

    2.5%

  • 6

    UK

    1.5%

  • 7

    SE

    1.2%

  • 8

    IND

    0.9%

  • 9

    FR

    0.6%

  • 10

    CO

    0.6%

  • 11

    SG

    0.5%

  • 12

    SA

    0.3%

  • 13

    RUS

    0.1%

  • 14

    TUR

    0.0%

  • 15

    CR

    0.0%

  • 16

    BR

    0.0%

  • 17

    THA

    0.0%

  • 18

    ZA

    0.0%

  • 19

    MX

    0.0%

  • 20

    CL

    0.0%

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Future Development of Data Storage Power

Data storage power industries cannot develop without a supportive macro environment. The indicator assessment results show that,
although each country has its own advantages in data storage power, there is room for improvement. It is recommended to develop
the data storage power from three major aspects: policies, support programs, and market development.

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Policies

Formulate specific strategies or guidelines specific to the data storage industry; incorporate the storage power measurement system to the specific indicators during planning.

Combine storage with computing and the network during digital infrastructure construction and data security protection.

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Support programs

Build storage-centered industrial parks and proof-of-concept zones, as well as support demonstration enterprises and projects.

Improve the widespread availability of public storage resources.

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Market development

Governments must take the lead and promote and construct e-government clouds, Smart City projects, and data center infrastructure.

Promote cooperation between enterprises, universities, and research institutes across the entire storage industry chain.

Create an industry talent pool.

Future Development of Data Storage Power
Data storage power industries cannot develop without a supportive macro environment. The indicator assessment results show that, although each country has its own advantages in data storage power, there is room for improvement. It is recommended to develop the data storage power from three major aspects: policies, support programs, and market development.
Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Policies

Formulate specific strategies or guidelines specific to the data storage industry. Incorporate storage power measurement systems in the specific indicators during planning.

Combine storage with computing and the network during digital infrastructure construction and data security protection.

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Support programs

Build storage-centered industrial parks and proof-of-concept zones, as well as support demonstration enterprises and projects.

Improve the widespread availability of public storage resources.

Data Storage Power Is the Digital Cornerstone of Development - Huawei Enterprise

Market development

Governments must take the lead and promote and construct e-government clouds, Smart City projects, and data center infrastructure.

Promote cooperation between enterprises, universities, and research institutes across the entire storage industry chain.

Create an industry talent pool.