With the costs of sequencing human genomes increasing , demand for storing the sequences may outstrip that of colossal storage users such as YouTube , according to MIT genome Review . Each genome weighs in at around 100 gigabytes , and an estimated 100 m - 2bn human genomes will be sequenced by 2025 , leading to an upper - bound storage requirement of 1000 exabytes , or twice the amount of data transmitted over the internet every month . Cloud storage offerings have begun to build up in the doman , with Google and Amazon both competing with genomics behemoth Illumina in allowing researchers to store the results of their experiment in the cloud , for around $ 200 per genome - year .
With the cost of sequencing human genomes plummeting, demand for storing the sequences may outstrip that of colossal storage users such as YouTube, according to MIT Technology Review. Each genome weighs in at around 100 gigabytes, and an estimated 100m - 2bn human genomes will be sequenced by 2025, leading to an upper-bound storage requirement of 200 exabytes, or twice the amount of data transmitted over the internet every month. Cloud storage offerings have begun to spring up in the doman, with Google and Amazon both competing with genomics behemoth Illumina in allowing researchers to store the results of their experiment in the cloud, for around $35 per genome-year.