The need to store more and more computer information is rising across the world.Several companies now say they are exploring a possible solution: they propose using genetic material, DNA, to store data.The technology research company International Data Corporation, or IDC,has predicted a huge increase in total worldwide data in the coming years.IDC estimated this growth in measurements of zettabytes.A zettabyte is equal to one billion terabytes, another measure of computer information storage.It would take one billion one-terabyte hard drives to hold one zettabyte.IDC predicted world data demand will grow from 33 zettabytes in 2018 to 175 zettabytes by 2025.Such growth is expected to create a big need to increase data storage in the future.A recent World Economic Forum (WEF) report predictedthat the world is "about to have a serious data-storage problem that will only become more severe over time."
