Microsoft's new 10,000-year data storage medium: glass

Microsoft's new 10,000-year data storage medium: glass

• Archival storage poses lots of challenges. • We want media that is extremely dense and stable for centuries or more, and, ideally, doesn’t consume any energy when not being acces

Science · February 18, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 235 words
Microsoft's new 10,000-year data storage medium: glass

Microsoft's new 10,000-year data storage medium: glass

• Archival storage poses lots of challenges. • We want media that is extremely dense and stable for centuries or more, and, ideally, doesn’t consume any energy when not being acces

Consumer Tech · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 419 words