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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:59, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Zettabyte Era
Article created by User:Qm13.
 * ... that in 2016 annual global internet traffic reached 1.2 zettabytes, leading some to label the current period the Zettabyte Era? Source: Cisco (2017) The Zettabyte Era
 * ALT1:... that estimates of the current Zettabyte Era, suggest that by 2021 it would take 5 million years to watch all video that traverses the internet in one month? Source: Cisco (2017) The Zettabyte Era
 * ALT2:... that energy consumption from data centers in the Zettabyte Era equates to roughly 1.5% of total global energy usage? Source: Rong, H., Zhang, H., Xiao, S., Li, C., & Hu, C. (2016). Optimizing energy consumption for data centers. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 58, 674-691.

Created by Qm13 (talk). Nominated by Jaobar (talk) at 16:55, 31 January 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg New and long enough, Earwig shows no copyvios, no QPQ required.  Within policy: well-referenced with reliabls sources, and the term "Zettabyte Era" appears in many of them from different authors and institutions, so it's not a neologism.  All three hooks check out.  Good to go.  Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 06:50, 14 March 2018 (UTC)