KIOXIA has announced the LC9 Series 245.76 terabyte (TB) NVMe solid-state drive (SSD), which it claims is designed to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) workloads and reduce power and cooling requirements in data center environments, including deployments based on Dell Technologies systems. According to KIOXIA, this solution targets organizations managing multi-petabyte datasets and supporting advanced AI and machine learning applications.
The KIOXIA LC9 Series delivers up to 245.76 TB of flash-based storage in high-density form factors including 2.5-inch, E3.S, and E3.L, and supports the PCI Express (PCIe) 5.0 interface. KIOXIA reports that, compared to traditional hard disk drives (HDDs), LC9 SSDs improve slot utilization, free up drive bays, and decrease cooling needs—all of which enable higher rack density and energy efficiency in modern data centers.
The LC9 Series SSDs are built with KIOXIA’s eighth-generation, 32-die stacked quad-level cell (QLC) BiCS FLASH memory and utilize CBA (CMOS directly bonded to array) technology. The company says the drives are designed for AI infrastructure tasks, ranging from training large language models to supporting inference pipelines such as retrieval augmented generation. Capacities start at 30.72 TB and scale to 245.76 TB, with dual-port support for high-availability environments and compatibility with NVMe 2.0 specifications.
Dell Technologies, commenting on the collaboration, stated: “SSDs like the KIOXIA LC9 Series combined with Dell PowerEdge servers offer high-capacity, power-efficient solutions tailored for advanced AI workloads while optimizing TCO and data center footprints,” said Arun Narayanan, senior vice president, Compute and Networking, Dell Technologies.
KIOXIA notes that this development continues its history of innovation with Dell Technologies, including industry milestones with PCIe 5.0 Enterprise & Data Center SSD Form Factor (EDSFF) E3.S, 24G SAS, and Value SAS technologies. The new LC9 Series SSD was demonstrated at the Future of Memory and Storage 2025 event in August 2025.
Source: KIOXIA
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