Image storage social network (Host plan)

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I'm wondering what the best way is to host images on a social network site. Let's say that I expect my social network to reach 500.000 users in 2 years time. That would mean that if every user uploaded about 100 images and every image is 1 MB that I will have to need:

500.000 * 100 * 1 MB = 50.000.000 MB which means 50 terabytes.

I'm not sure how I can best setup my hosting plan in order to have a solid bases to store my images and eventually store video files as well.

Which hosting plan would you recommend me to start with and how can I enhance the plan?

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