The data storage crisis has a biological fix. It starts by making less DNA, not more.
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BioCompute wants to store the world’s cold data in DNA. Its contrarian bet is that reusing the medium, not manufacturing it, is how the cost finally comes down. And it has the early numbers to back the claim.
The math behind the data storage problem is brutal. The world creates more information every year than it can afford to keep. Most of it is cold. It is almost never read, yet it cannot be deleted, so it accumulates on tape and disk that degrade, draw power, and demand replacement every few years. The cost compounds. It does not stop.
DNA has always been the tantalizing way out. It is denser than anything silicon can offer, and it survives for centuries. The medium was never the problem. The cost of writing to it was.
For years, the field chased that cost in one direction. Make DNA cheaper to manufacture....
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