All this data exists in different storage centres across the world. But I am able to access the statistics shown here, probably stored in servers in the US, while sitting in India, because of the Internet — the greatest invention of the 20th and 21st centuries. But when we think of the Internet, many wrongly assume that satellites in space keep us connected with different parts of the world. In reality, 99% of the data travels between economies and continents through undersea cables.
as I recall, this has always been the trend. "smaller companies" were never going to break into the world of undersea cables. i vaguely recall talk about some sort of asian consortium (?) to alleviate this. or something like that.