{"id":4222,"date":"2023-09-28T17:48:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T00:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unlocked.microsoft.com\/?post_type=stories&#038;p=4222"},"modified":"2026-06-04T12:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:14:09","slug":"sealed-in-glass","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/unlocked.microsoft.com\/sealed-in-glass\/","title":{"rendered":"Sealed in glass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div\n    id=\"block_486a25bbf6f71ce338e87628326e0a8d\"\n    class=\"split-feature split-feature--inset-image split-feature--right split-feature--bottom js-split-feature js-parallax \">\n    <div class=\"split-feature__content js-split-feature-content\">\n        <div class=\"transition--in-up\">\n            <div class=\"split-feature__header-wrapper\">\n                                <h1 class=\"split-feature__header split-feature__header__size-h2\">\n                                    Sealed in glass                                <\/h1>\n                                   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Fast forward to today, and researchers have shown just how much digital life glass can hold. In recent demonstrations, a coaster-sized piece of glass stored about 4.8 TB of data written in hundreds of layers inside the material.<\/p>\n<p>Elire, a sustainability-focused venture group, has collaborated with Microsoft Research\u2019s Project Silica team to harness this technology for their Global Music Vault in Svalbard, Norway. Using silica-based glass plates, they\u2019re creating a durable archive that\u2019s designed to be highly stable and long-lasting, offering an environmentally friendly way to preserve musical heritage.<\/p>\n<p>This vault will complement repositories like the Global Seed Vault and the Arctic World Archive, offering a comprehensive sanctuary for musical heritage\u2014from classical operas to modern hits and indigenous compositions. 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Magnetic storage, although prevalent, is problematic. Its limited lifespan requires frequent re-copying, which increases energy consumption and operational costs over time.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h6 class=\"--h6\">\u201cMagnetic technology has a finite lifetime,\u201d says Ant Rowstron, Distinguished Engineer, Project Silica. \u201cYou must keep copying it over to new generations of media. A hard disk drive might last five years. A tape, well, if you\u2019re brave, it might last ten years. But once that lifetime is up, you\u2019ve got to copy it over. And that, frankly, is both difficult and tremendously unsustainable if you think of all that energy and resource we\u2019re using.\u201d<\/h6>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Project Silica aims to break this cycle. Developed under the aegis of Microsoft Research, it can store massive amounts of data in glass plates roughly the size of a drink coaster and preserve the data for thousands of years.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h6 class=\"--h6\">\u201cThis technology allows us to write data knowing it will remain unchanged and secure, which is a significant step forward in sustainable data storage,\u201d says Richard Black, Research Director, Project Silica.<\/h6>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Project Silica\u2019s goal is to write data in a piece of glass and store it on a shelf until it\u2019s needed. 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Data is stored using a four-step process that writes with an ultrafast femtosecond laser, reads through a computer-controlled microscope, decodes, and finally gets stored in a library.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Since data is encoded inside the glass as voxels\u2014think 3D pixels\u2014 using an ultrafast femtosecond laser, information lives within the material, layer upon layer. Recent advances show the technique can work with fused silica and borosilicate glass\u2014the kind used in common cookware. This makes the path to broader availability more realistic, with research focused on making writing and reading more efficient. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The key steps toward practical, large-scale archival use will\u00a0ultimately lead\u00a0to library-like storage. Glass can sit safely for long stretches, and the \u201cactivity\u201d happens only when data is\u00a0needed\u2014systems\u00a0retrieve a plate, read it, and decode\u00a0what\u2019s\u00a0inside.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h6 class=\"--h6\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cOnce we finish writing the glass and move it to the library, we design the system so it can never go back to the writer. It\u2019s completely immutable,\u201d says Richard Black.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Initially, the laser writing process was inefficient, but after years of refinement, the team can now store several TB in a single glass plate that could last 10,000 years. For a sense of scale, each plate could store around 3,500 movies. 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