Marketers are well aware that artificial intelligence and the metaverse have the potential to be transformational technologies. What's less well known is that these powerful tools are incredibly demanding on the datasphere—the infrastructure that stores and processes data globally.

What's the scale of that demand, and how is it being met?

An infographic (below) from Visual Capitalist and HIVE Digital Technologies looks at the impact of AI and the metaverse on data storage and processing.

It also examines what the current state of the datasphere is and how it is expected to grow in the coming years.