Dell AI Data Platform Delivers Breakthrough Storage Density

• • Dell AI Data Platform has introduced the world’s first object storage to support 245.76TB SSD drives with KIOXIA.
  • Running on the latest software-defined configuration of Dell ObjectScale, the solution can deliver 9.83PB of raw capacity in just 2U with 40 x 245.76TB NVMe SSDs.
  • This milestone shows how Dell is moving quickly to help customers build more efficient, AI-ready infrastructure for unstructured data at scale.

AI is reshaping infrastructure requirements across every industry. As organizations collect more data for training, fine-tuning, inference, governance and long-term retention, storage has become a critical enabler of AI success. It is no longer enough to scale capacity alone. Customers need greater efficiency, a smaller data center footprint, lower power consumption and infrastructure that can keep pace with rapidly growing unstructured data environments.

Why density matters more in the AI era

Higher density allows organizations to store more data in less space, reducing the number of systems, racks, cables and power resources required to support modern AI and data lake workloads. In practical terms, that can translate into better economics, simpler operations and a more scalable foundation for AI innovation. That is why density matters so much in the AI era.

A new density milestone

Dell AI Data Platform is moving quickly to help customers meet the moment.

Dell ObjectScale is the world’s first object storage to support 245TB SSD drives with KIOXIA.¹Built with software-defined Dell ObjectScale running on PowerEdge R7725, this configuration brings breakthrough flash capacity to enterprise object storage in an exceptionally small, high-density footprint.

With support for 40 x 245.76TB NVMe SSDs in a 2U system, customers can achieve 9.83PB of raw capacity, bringing them within reach of 10PB raw in just 2U. That kind of density is especially relevant for AI factories, large-scale analytics, content repositories, cyber resilience strategies and cloud-native data platforms that depend on fast access to massive volumes of unstructured data.

Innovation through collaboration

This milestone also reflects the strength of Dell’s collaboration with KIOXIA. In July 2025, KIOXIA announced the industry’s first 245.76TB NVMe SSD, highlighting its value for generative AI, large-scale datasets, vector databases and other data-intensive environments. Dell and KIOXIA have a longstanding infrastructure relationship focused on bringing advanced SSD innovation to Dell server and storage platforms, now including this breakthrough drive running Dell ObjectScale.

Built for what comes next

Together, Dell ObjectScale and KIOXIA demonstrate how Dell is innovating across the AI Data Platform stack to help customers adopt new storage technologies faster and translate them into real business value. As AI continues to drive explosive data growth, Dell is helping customers build a storage foundation designed for extreme scale, operational efficiency and speed.

To learn how Dell AI Data Platform can help your organization build an AI-ready storage foundation with industry-leading density, visit Dell.com/ObjectScale or contact your Dell representative.

¹Based on Dell analysis publicly available information, August 2026. Definition of capacity: Kioxia Corporation defines a megabyte (MB) as 1,000,000 bytes, a gigabyte (GB) as 1,000,000,000 bytes and a terabyte (TB) as 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. A computer operating system, however, reports storage capacity using powers of 2 for the definition of 1GB = 2^30 bytes = 1,073,741,824 bytes and 1TB = 2^40 bytes = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes and therefore shows less storage capacity. Available storage capacity (including examples of various media files) will vary based on file size, formatting, settings, software and operating system, and/or pre-installed software applications, or media content. Actual formatted capacity may vary.