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Industry-Leading 245TB Micron 6600 Ion Data Center SSD Now Shipping

245TB. Micron just shipped the storage capacity that AI data centers actually need.

Reporting by Hacker News 1 min brief
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Storage capacity is becoming a critical bottleneck for AI infrastructure. Micron's 245TB SSD addresses a key constraint in data center buildouts, enabling larger model training datasets and faster inference pipelines without multi-tier storage complexity.

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  1. Micron 6600 Ion SSD capacity: 245TB

  2. Product status: Now shipping

  3. Category: Data center storage hardware

  4. Publication date: May 6, 2026

  5. Industry positioning: Described as 'industry-leading'

  6. Source: Official Micron investor relations

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