The problem is not storage. We have the tech that will store data for centuries. e.g there is research to store data in diamonds [1] for long term storage. The

The problem is not storage. We have the tech that will store data for centuries. e.g there is research to store data in diamonds [1] for long term storage. The problem will be on how to ensure the data format is readable after a few decades. Already we are seeing this problem where file formats used just a decade ago are no longer readable because the software to access them do not work on the new systems. In a century this problem will be a lot more pronounced. One way around it would be to have all the data transcribed to the latest format every few decades or have the software/hardware to read the data in the archive as well along with instructions on how to build the hardware. [1] https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/10/e1600911 https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/10/e1600911