Analysis: AI Data Growth Outpaces Computing Power Planning, Storage Becomes New Bottleneck in AI Infrastructure

08/15 03:00

On August 15, Western Digital's latest analysis pointed out that as the scale of artificial intelligence applications rapidly expands, the construction of AI data centers is shifting from a pure competition for GPU computing power to a competition for data storage capacity, making storage planning a core aspect of AI infrastructure. The article cites IDC's prediction that by 2030, the global annual increase in data volume will reach 718ZB. The data generated by AI systems does not disappear after computing tasks are completed; training data, model checkpoints, embedding vectors, inference logs, prompts, output results, and evaluation data will continue to accumulate. Western Digital stated that many current AI infrastructure plans overly focus on GPU utilization while neglecting the data accumulation throughout the AI lifecycle. The data generated during training and inference processes will become important assets for model iteration, quality assessment, and compliance auditing, with storage costs directly affecting the long-term operational efficiency of AI systems. As data scales enter the PB or even EB level, a single storage architecture will struggle to meet demands. Companies need to adopt a tiered storage strategy, utilizing high-performance flash for training and real-time inference, while employing high-capacity HDDs and object storage for long-term data retention, historical records, and low-frequency access scenarios. The analysis suggests that in the future, key indicators of competition in AI infrastructure will not only include the number of GPUs but also the cost of storing each PB of data, energy consumption, recovery efficiency, and data lifecycle management capabilities. If companies continue to view storage as a secondary aspect after computing, they may face issues such as uncontrolled data costs and decreased model iteration efficiency.
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