# What Is Amazon S3? ![rw-book-cover](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article0.00998d930354.png) ## Metadata - Author: [[DataCamp]] - Full Title: What Is Amazon S3? - Category: #articles - Summary: Amazon S3 is AWS’s fully managed object storage for files and metadata. It scales to any size and keeps data durable and available across locations. S3 offers storage classes, security controls, analytics, and integrations (like Object Lambda and CloudFront) for cost, performance, and flexible use. - URL: https://www.datacamp.com/blog/what-is-s3 ## Highlights - According to research by [**Statista**](https://explodingtopics.com/blog/data-generated-per-day), the total amount of data created worldwide was around 2 zettabytes in 2010 but is projected to reach 181 zettabytes by 2025. If you aren’t clear on what a zettabyte is, think of it this way: one zettabyte equals a billion terabytes, which is enough to store every movie, song, and book ever created many times over. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kbw0yxssbnbqczytar4m5261))