Kioxia, Dell Technologies To Deliver High-Density AI Storage Server Configuration

KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 (Bernama) -- Kioxia Corporation, a world leader in memory solutions, has collaborated with Dell Technologies to deliver a 2U server configuration capable of scaling to an unprecedented 9.8 petabytes (PB) of flash storage.

According to Kioxia in a statement, the companies are enabling a new class of storage-optimised platforms built to meet the demands of artificial intelligence (AI), large-scale data lakes, and data-intensive enterprise workloads.

The collaboration combines the Dell PowerEdge R7725xd server with KIOXIA LC9 Series enterprise solid-state drives (SSDs), delivering high-capacity and power-efficient storage solutions aimed at reducing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and data centre footprint.

“Customers will be able to deploy massive ingestion streams, scale data lakes effortlessly, and handle large backups in a fraction of the footprint, improving TCO to new levels,” said Kioxia Corporation technology executive of the SSD Division, Akihiro Kimura.

With a long history of enabling scalable infrastructure for data-driven applications, this latest milestone reflects both companies’ commitment to advancing high-density architectures that improve performance, reduce energy consumption, and maximise data centre efficiency.

Built for modern AI and data-centric workloads, Dell PowerEdge R7725xd servers combine dense storage with powerful compute capabilities, supporting AI data management and model training across the AI lifecycle.

Meanwhile, KIOXIA LC9 Series SSDs deliver up to 245.76 terabytes (TB) of flash-based storage with PCIe 5.0 performance across multiple form factors. Designed for generative AI environments, the drives offer a higher-capacity alternative to conventional 30.72 TB SSDs.

Kioxia said a comparable 9.8 PB configuration using lower-capacity drives would require seven additional servers and 280 more drives, resulting in significantly higher power consumption and greater rack space usage.

-- BERNAMA