Exabytes (EB) to Petabits (Pbit) Conversion
Exabytes
The exabyte (EB) is a unit of digital information equal to 10¹⁸ bytes (1,000 petabytes). It represents the scale of total global data creation and consumption. According to IDC estimates, the global datasphere — the total amount of data created, captured, copied, and consumed — surpassed 100 zettabytes (100,000 exabytes) per year in the early 2020s. The exabyte is primarily a unit of planning and forecasting at the level of cloud providers and national data infrastructure.
Petabits
The petabit (Pbit) is a unit of digital information equal to 10¹⁵ bits. It is used to describe the aggregate capacity of large networks and data centre interconnects. Global internet traffic was estimated at several hundred exabits per month in 2022 — where one exabit equals 1,000 petabits. National telecommunications backbone networks and the largest internet exchange points are measured in petabits per second of total switching capacity.
| Exabytes (EB) | Petabits (Pbit) |
|---|---|
| 0.1 EB | 800 Pbit |
| 1 EB | 8000 Pbit |
| 2 EB | 16000 Pbit |
| 3 EB | 24000 Pbit |
| 5 EB | 40000 Pbit |
| 10 EB | 80000 Pbit |
| 20 EB | 160000 Pbit |
| 30 EB | 240000 Pbit |
| 50 EB | 400000 Pbit |
| 100 EB | 800000 Pbit |
| 1000 EB | 8000000 Pbit |