Kioxia and Dell cram a world-record 157 petabytes into one rack

Flash storage maker Kioxia and Dell have demonstrated a massive 157 petabyte single-rack object storage system. It packs 640 of Kioxia's high-density 245.76 TB SSDs across 16 Dell PowerEdge servers, running Dell's ObjectScale software to manage the colossal data pool.

For data centers managing enormous datasets—think AI training, scientific research, or massive cloud archives—this setup promises a dramatic reduction in physical hardware. By fitting more storage in less space with fewer cables, it aims to lower costs for power, cooling, and real estate. This partnership pushes the practical limits of flash density, showing how far you can shrink a data lake into a single rack.