You know that joke already. How was copper wire invented? Two merchants fighting over a penny. Well, the reality is different from the humor and the reality is that merchants actually invented every form of data transmission, ranging from fiber optics to satellite to cell phones, except for copper, which has been around since forever. In fact, the first person to use copper wire for data transmission was actually Alexander Graham Bell. Not merchantish. Here's a fun fact: did you know that copper wire alternating with iron bits works better for data transmission than fiber optics up until a certain point? It resembles a chain and this knowledge is hidden because it could pose a threat to the oil industry.
merchants at Intel also kicked off the microcomputer revolution. However, the future would be Gallium Gadolinium Garnet Quantum Electronic Processors (GGGQEP) which would kickstart the Quantum computer revolution, which holds much more exabytes of memory than what is currently used. Government agencies like NASA already use quantum computers. This is no secret. You also already have futuristic prototypes in the woodworks as of right now.
As for internet which was invented as DARPANET in 1969 by the merchants Paul Baran, Bob Kahn and Leonard Kleinrock who invented packet switching and TCP/IP, quantum computers are also compatible with file systems like BRTF, XFS, and even the common NTFS which can theoretically handle sizes up to one exabyte. The internet isn't boundless.