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Ethereum
2026-09-26 00:24:03

Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum clients can store more than 100GB of locally downloaded article data

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said in a post on X that Ethereum clients can store more than 100GB of locally downloaded data, including content such as Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg, and scientific articles. He also said that removing IPFS’s reliance on centralized pinning services is one of the current priorities. The remarks point to a use case focused on local data availability within Ethereum clients, while also highlighting a related goal around reducing dependence on centralized infrastructure in the IPFS stack. The post was cited by Techub News.

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Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum clients can store more than 100GB of locally downloaded article data
Western Digit
2026-08-15 02:03:28

Western Digital says AI data growth is outpacing compute planning, making storage a core infrastructure constraint

Western Digital said in a recent analysis that the buildout of AI data centers is shifting away from a narrow focus on GPU capacity and toward competition over storage capability. The company argued that storage planning is now a core part of AI infrastructure as data generated across the AI lifecycle keeps accumulating rather than disappearing after compute jobs end. Citing an IDC forecast, the analysis said annual global data creation will reach 718 zettabytes by 2030. Western Digital said AI systems continuously produce and retain training data, model checkpoints, embedding vectors, inference logs, prompts, outputs, and evaluation datasets. Those records later become important assets for model iteration, quality assessment, and compliance audits. The company also warned that many infrastructure plans still pay too much attention to GPU utilization while overlooking long-term data accumulation. As datasets move into the petabyte and even exabyte range, a single storage architecture becomes harder to sustain. Western Digital said enterprises should adopt tiered storage strategies, using high-performance flash for training and real-time inference, while relying on high-capacity HDDs and object storage for long-term retention, historical archives, and low-frequency access. It added that future AI infrastructure competition will be judged not only by GPU counts, but also by storage cost per PB, power consumption, recovery efficiency, and lifecycle data management.

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Western Digital says AI data growth is outpacing compute planning, making storage a core infrastructure constraint
Irys
2026-08-04 02:59:37

Irys activates Cascade on mainnet with flexible storage terms

Decentralized storage protocol Irys has activated its Cascade feature on mainnet, adding flexible storage durations that let users choose between 30 days, one year, or permanent storage. Pricing now matches the selected term, with temporary storage costing notably less than permanent storage. The rollout also includes partition recovery, a 24-hour commitment transaction window, and consensus-hardening fixes. Under the system, miners earn rewards by continuously proving they still hold the data. Once a chosen storage term ends, the stored data expires automatically and frees up space, while the block keeps a permanent record of the storage entry. The update expands Irys’ storage model on mainnet by pairing variable-duration storage with retained onchain records.

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Irys activates Cascade on mainnet with flexible storage terms