# How fast is global computing power growing?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 4, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-is-global-computing-power-growing/443885 "2008-04-04T03:32:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gozu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gozu/32/6615_2.png) [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-is-global-computing-power-growing/443885/1 "2008-04-04T03:32:04Z")

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Forget Moore’s Law and transistor density doubling every 2 years.

I’m talking about the total sum of all processing power available on the planet (computers, smartphones, etc.). Does anyone know how fast that has been growing?

What about the amount of data available online?

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**Author:** ![Gozu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gozu/32/6615_2.png) [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-is-global-computing-power-growing/443885/2 "2008-04-06T10:39:49Z")

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Anyone?