How does YouTube, Google, etc. seem to have ‘unlimited’ storage for their users?
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Large scales are often hard to comprehend, that’s just part of being human. Let’s work our way up.
You can typically squeeze a PB into a height of 4U (4 rows in a server rack).
[This is a server rack](https://www.racksolutions.com/news/app/uploads/bg.jpg). They can come in sizes of up to 90U! Many of them are put next to each other for easier management and then that’s called a data center.
[That’s one of Google’s data centers](https://wp.technologyreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/googlecbf009-11.jpg).
Google owns and maintains many many data centers.
Also do note that they also do not offer actual unlimited storage. Everything [can and will be taken away at their convenience](https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/google-photos-unlimited-free-storage-is-gone-heres-how-to-get-more-space/).
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