KIOXIA and Dell Technologies Collaborate on the Industry’s First 157 PB Single-Rack Object Store, Redefining Storage Economics

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 11, 2026--

KIOXIA America, Inc. today announced a new storage-density milestone in supporting modern AI and data lake workloads. In collaboration with Dell Technologies, the company’s 245.76 TB KIOXIA LC9 Series SSDs are used to create the world’s first 1 157 PB object storage solution in a single industry-standard 42U server rack. The solution is designed to improve data center efficiency through a smaller storage footprint, higher TB/W and lower cooling requirements compared with HDDs or lower capacity SSDs at the same capacity.

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The solution is built with software-defined Dell ObjectScale™ running on 16 PowerEdge™ R7725xd servers and configured with 640 KIOXIA LC9 Series 245.76 TB SSDs to deliver 157 PB of raw flash capacity in an industry-standard 42U rack.

Dell ObjectScale is an enterprise-grade, cloud-scale object storage platform designed for unstructured data workloads, including AI training, big data analytics and modern cloud-native applications.

AI is Reshaping Infrastructure Requirements

As AI workloads drive continued growth in unstructured data, organizations need storage that can deliver higher capacity without a corresponding increase in data center floor/rack space, power consumption or cooling requirements. High-capacity NVMe™ SSDs can help address these demands by consolidating more data into a smaller, more efficient infrastructure footprint.

Together, Dell Technologies and Kioxia have a long history of enabling scalable infrastructure for data-driven applications. This latest milestone underscores a shared commitment to advancing high-density architectures that improve performance, reduce energy consumption and maximize data center efficiency. Last summer, Kioxia announced the industry’s first 2 245.76 TB NVMe SSD, highlighting its value for generative AI, large-scale datasets, vector databases and other data-intensive environments. Dell Technologies published a blog on high-density object storage for AI-era data environments using KIOXIA 245.76 TB SSDs.

“AI is driving unprecedented growth in unstructured data, and customers need to scale capacity without scaling their data center footprint and power consumption,” said George Papadopoulos, SVP, Product & Engineering, Dell Technologies. “With Dell ObjectScale and KIOXIA’s 245.76 TB SSDs, customers can consolidate more data into fewer systems and racks while reducing cabling, power and cooling requirements. This collaboration helps deliver a more efficient, scalable foundation for AI and data-intensive workloads.”

Key features of the KIOXIA LC9 Series include:

“KIOXIA’s 245.76 TB LC9 Series SSDs enable Dell Technologies to deliver a new level of storage density for AI and data-intensive workloads – helping customers consolidate massive data footprints into fewer systems while improving data center efficiency and scalability,” said Faraz Velani, Head of Go-to-Market, SSD business unit at KIOXIA America, Inc. “Together, KIOXIA and Dell are redefining what’s possible with high-capacity flash storage.”

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About KIOXIA America, Inc.

KIOXIA America, Inc. is the U.S.-based subsidiary of Kioxia Corporation, a leading worldwide supplier of flash memory and solid-state drives (SSDs). From the invention of flash memory to today’s breakthrough BiCS FLASH™ 3D technology, Kioxia continues to pioneer innovative memory, SSD and software solutions that enrich people's lives and expand society's horizons. The company's innovative 3D flash memory technology, BiCS FLASH, is shaping the future of storage in high-density applications, including advanced smartphones, PCs, automotive systems, data centers and generative AI systems. For more information, please visit Kioxia.com.

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Notes:

1: Source: Kioxia survey as of November 11, 2026.

2: Source: Kioxia survey as of July 25, 2026.

3: Flash Die Failure Protection allows for a NAND die to fail and the SSD will continue to function with full reliability.

4: MTTF (Mean Time to Failure) is not a guarantee or estimate of product life; it is a statistical value related to mean failure rates for a large number of products which may not accurately reflect actual operation. Actual operating life of the product may be different from the MTTF.

5: Sanitize Instant Erase (SIE), Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) and FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) SED security optional models are available. SIE optional model supports Cryptographic Erase, which is a standardized feature defined by the technical committees (SCSI) of INCITS (the InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards). SED optional model supports TCG Opal and Ruby SSCs. It has a few unsupported features of TCG Opal SSC. For more details, please make inquiries through “Contact us”. FIPS SED optional model utilizes a security module designed to comply with FIPS 140-3, which defines security requirements for cryptographic module by NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology). For the latest validation status, please make inquiries through “Contact us”. Security optional models are not available in all countries due to export and local regulations.

Definition of SSD capacity: KIOXIA Corporation defines a kilobyte (KB) as 1,000 bytes, a megabyte (MB) as 1,000,000 bytes, a gigabyte (GB) as 1,000,000,000 bytes, a terabyte (TB) as 1,000,000,000,000 bytes, a petabyte as 1 billion megabytes and a kibibyte (KiB) as 1,024 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.

The flash memory capacity is calculated as 1 terabit (1 Tb) = 1,099,511,627,776 (2^40) bits, and 1 terabyte (1 TB) = 1,099,511,627,776 (2^40) bytes.

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In collaboration with Dell Technologies, 245.76 TB KIOXIA LC9 Series SSDs are used to create the world’s first 157 PB object storage solution in a single industry-standard 42U server rack. The solution is designed to improve data center efficiency through a smaller storage footprint, higher TB/W and lower cooling requirements compared with HDDs or lower capacity SSDs.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The size of Democrats’ majorities in the House and Senate remained undetermined one week after Election Day as more than a dozen races were still too early to call Tuesday.

Democrats are on track to hold 54 Senate seats in January, but could pick up one or two more from Republicans as votes are counted in Alaska and Mississippi. With 255 seats in the House, Democrats will have their largest majority elected to the chamber since 2008, with the potential to pick up several more seats as the remaining races are called.

Here’s a look at where things stand in some of the uncalled races:

Late in the afternoon Tuesday, Democrat Scott Colom was about 2,600 votes ahead of Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in the race for Senate in Mississippi.

There are two key deadlines in the vote-counting process in Mississippi this week: Mail-in absentee ballots must be received by Tuesday, and counties are required to submit their certified election results — including tallies of provisional ballots — to the state by Friday.

It is unclear exactly how many ballots are left to count.

Unlike in some other states, there is no central vote reporting system for Mississippi, and few counties release election results online. Instead, Associated Press journalists and analysts communicate with each of the state’s 82 counties directly for the latest available information on vote counts.

The state will certify its results on Dec. 3.

On Monday, Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson said about 14,200 provisional ballots had been processed, of which about 80% were accepted, and about 2,700 mail-in absentee ballots had not yet been returned.

Mississippi does not have automatic recounts or permit candidates to request a recount. Recounts in the state are held only in the event of a court order. The AP may declare a winner in a race that is eligible for a recount if it can determine the lead is too large for a recount or legal challenge to change the outcome.

Democrat Mary Peltola led Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan by about 2,500 votes in Alaska's Senate race on Tuesday afternoon, with an estimated 76% of the vote counted. The results of some absentee ballots are expected to be released late Tuesday, though the final absentee ballots mailed back from outside the U.S. are accepted as late as Nov. 18, 15 days after Election Day.

Ranked choice voting could also affect the timeline. Peltola is just over 1 percentage point short of the majority needed to win outright. If neither candidate wins a majority, the race will proceed to ranked choice tabulation on Nov. 18. The state's “target date” for certifying the election results is Nov. 25.

Recounts in Alaska are automatic only in the event of a tie vote. Candidates may also request a recount within five days of the state's certification.

In most of the House races that have not been called, the margin between the leading candidates was less than 1 percentage point among votes counted as of late Tuesday afternoon.

In North Carolina, four races remain undecided, the most of any state, and Republican incumbents were being challenged in all. There are no automatic recounts in North Carolina, but candidates may request a recount if the margin between candidates is 1% or less of the total votes. The state must receive the recount request by noon Eastern time Nov. 17, two business days after the county canvass in the state. The state is scheduled to certify its results Nov. 24.

In California, only one of the remaining House races, in the 23rd District, will affect the chamber's balance of power. The other uncalled race is between two Democrats. Mail ballots must be received by Tuesday and counties must certify their results Dec. 3. The state will certify its results Dec. 11.

In South Carolina's 2nd District, a recount is ongoing in the race between Republican incumbent Joe Wilson and Democrat Zyon Khalia. Wilson led Khalia by only about 3,000 votes in the original tally by late Tuesday afternoon, when 99% of the votes had been counted.

In Minnesota's 1st District, the race was still undecided late in the afternoon Tuesday, with about 300 votes separating the top two candidates and an estimated 99% of votes counted. Recounts are not automatic in Minnesota, but a candidate can request a publicly-funded recount if the margin between the winning and losing candidates is less than 0.25% of the vote.

In Tennessee’s 4th District, about 300 votes lay between Democrat Victoria Broderick and Republican incumbent Scott DesJarlais as of late afternoon Tuesday. In that state, recounts are held only as part of a legal challenge in the courts. There are no automatic recounts, and losing candidates may not request recounts.

Democratic state Sen. Cindy Holscher led state Republican Senate President Ty Masterson in the race for governor of Kansas by less than 1 percentage point late Tuesday afternoon. On Nov. 4, the state announced that a close-race audit of election results requiring a hand count of selected ballots had been triggered in six close Kansas races, including the gubernatorial race. The audit must be completed before Nov. 16, the day by which counties must certify their results.

In the race for governor of Alaska, only about 76% of votes were estimated to had been counted late Tuesday afternoon, and the Democratic candidate, Jonathan S. Kreiss‑Tomkins, was leading Bernadette M. Wilson by about 45,000 votes, 49.6% to 28.9%. The race will advance to ranked choice tabulation if no candidate receives more than 50% of votes.

Ballot bags are piled on the floor, Monday, Nov. 9, 2026, at the Rankin County Election Commission in Brandon, Miss., as the U.S. Senate race between Democratic candidate Scott Colom and the incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith remains uncalled. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)

A stack of mail-in ballots are seen at the Anchorage Region II Elections Office, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)