Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) announced it is shipping the 245TB capacity Micron 6600 ION SSD, which the company describes as the world's highest capacity commercially available SSD. The drive is designed for AI, cloud, enterprise and hyperscale workloads.

The 245TB Micron 6600 ION E3.L requires 82% fewer racks to achieve equivalent raw storage capacity compared to HDD-based deployments, according to the company. The SSD is built with Micron G9 QLC NAND and is available in both U.2 and E3.L form factors.

The drive consumes up to 30 watts at maximum power, which Micron states is half the power consumed by a comparable-capacity HDD deployment. Testing conducted in Micron labs showed the 245TB drive provided up to 84 times better energy efficiency for AI workloads and up to 435 times better throughput per watt for object storage workloads compared to HDD-based systems.

"AI workloads are driving massive growth in shared data, continuing the shift of data center storage share from HDDs toward SSDs," said Jeremy Werner, senior vice president and general manager of Micron's Core Data Center Business Unit.

Dell Technologies plans to incorporate the drives into its storage systems. "AI workloads are pushing data center capacity to the limit, and when you can fit significantly more storage into every rack, the math changes," said Travis Vigil, senior vice president, ISG product management at Dell Technologies.

The Micron 6600 ION 245TB SSD will be displayed at Dell Tech World from May 18-21, 2026. The information is based on a company press release.