Density Matters: Kioxia and Dell Roll Out AI Server with 9.8 PB of Memory

The race to provide data centers with memory continues. On May 15, 2026, Kioxia, in collaboration with Dell Technologies, introduced an ultra-high-density server capable of holding 9.8 petabytes (PB) of flash memory in a standard server rack.

Concurrently, Kioxia published a financial report, noting strong profit growth directly linked to the AI boom. As we previously noted with KAYTUS storage solutions, training a giant LLM is impossible without ultra-fast data feeding to GPU tensor cores. If data is read slowly, the chips sit idle, burning millions of dollars for nothing. The solution from Kioxia and Dell addresses Cloud providers' need for compact yet incredibly spacious SSD arrays. Peripheral hardware and data storage systems have definitively established themselves as one of the hottest and most profitable niches in macroeconomics.

Source: Kioxia / Dell Technologies / Reuters