245TB SSD Unveiled to Fuel AI Data Demands

245TB SSD Unveiled to Fuel AI Data Demands

245TB SSD Unveiled to Fuel AI Data Demands In a bold leap for data infrastructure, Chinese storage specialist DapuStor has unveiled a record-breaking 245TB PCIe Gen5 QLC SSD—its eighth model in this ultra-high-capacity class—directly targeting the exploding storage appetites of AI workloads. As hyperscalers scramble to keep massive datasets online and instantly accessible, dense NAND flash like this is rapidly replacing legacy hard drives. If you’ve wondered where all the world’s NAND flash is flowing these days, the answer is clear: straight into AI data lakes. Credit: DapuStor AI’s Insatiable Thirst for Fast, Dense Storage Artificial intelligence doesn’t just need compute—it needs data, and lots of it. Modern AI models ingest terabytes of video, logs, and embeddings during both training and inference. Unlike archival data that can sit idle on slow, cheap HDDs, this information must remain hot: frequently accessed, rapidly retrieved, and instantly available. That’s where QLC NAND shines.…