Convert Petabytes to Exabytes
Convert Petabytes (PB) to Exabytes (EB) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
EB = PB × 0.001
About Petabytes
A petabyte (PB) = 10¹⁵ bytes (SI). Major platforms operate at PB scale: Meta ingests > 4 PB/day; YouTube adds several PB of video content daily. CERN Run 3 produced ≈ 90 PB in 2022. 1,000-genome cohort (WGS at 30×) ≈ 0.4 PB. English Wikipedia with media ≈ 10 PB. A rack of Blu-ray cold storage (Facebook Project Amber) holds 1 PB. 1 PB = 10¹⁵ bytes = 1,000 TB.
About Exabytes
An exabyte (EB) = 10¹⁸ bytes (SI). Global datasphere ≈ 120 EB/year created in 2023, growing ≈ 23%/year. Total installed global storage capacity ≈ 10,000 EB in 2023. AWS total storage estimated > 1,000 EB. Internet Archive stores ≈ 90 PB ≈ 0.09 EB. WGS of all 8 billion humans at 30× would produce ≈ 720 EB of raw FASTQ. Credible NSA Utah Data Centre estimates: 3-100 EB. 1 EB = 10¹⁸ bytes = 1,000 PB.
Quick Reference Table
| Petabytes (PB) | Exabytes (EB) |
|---|---|
| 1 PB | 0.001 EB |
| 2 PB | 0.002 EB |
| 5 PB | 0.005 EB |
| 10 PB | 0.01 EB |
| 25 PB | 0.025 EB |
| 50 PB | 0.05 EB |
| 100 PB | 0.1 EB |