The zettabyte era is in full swing generating unprecedented capacity demand as many businesses move closer to Exascale storage requirements. A new market report from the Tape Storage Council outlines how advancements in tape technology are pushing storage and sustainability benefits to new levels. LTO capacity shipments for 2021 totaled 148EB, a 40% increase over 2020! The TSC expects tape to continue to grow and to play an even broader role in the IT ecosystem in the future as the number of exabyte-sized environments increase.