The Internet Archive stores over 100 petabytes of data, including over 916 billion web pages archived by the Wayback Machine. This collection encompasses various media formats, including books, audio, videos, and software. The Wayback Machine alone contains roughly 2 petabytes of compressed data, representing over 150 billion web captures. Now the federal government has their hand in that cookie jar, you might not be able to find it on the way back machine anymore when they get done! Have a good

At the Internet Archive, this is how we digitize a book. We never destroy a book by cutting off its binding. Instead, we digitize it the hard way--one page at a time. We use the Scribe, a machine our engineers invented, along with the software that it runs. Our scanning centers are located in universities and libraries around the world, from Boston Public Library to the University of Toronto. Eliza is one of our fastest and most accurate scanners. Next she will execute quality control checks and