Around the world, the demand for data storage is exploding. From cloud-based services and artificial intelligence to remote work, digital security, and media-rich applications, organisations of all sizes are creating and storing more data than ever before.
This growth isn’t limited to global tech companies or hyperscale data centres. It’s now just as critical for hospitals storing medical imaging and health records, media companies archiving 4K and 8K video, research institutions running large-scale simulations, and businesses backing up growing volumes of customer data. Every sector is becoming more data-dependent, and that means storage infrastructure has never been more important.
What’s Driving the Surge in Storage Needs?
The drivers are everywhere. AI and machine learning models demand massive datasets to train and operate effectively. Remote workforces require accessible, secure file storage. Video quality continues to rise, file sizes are growing, and regulatory requirements often mandate longer retention periods for data.
At the same time, new industries are joining the race. Autonomous vehicles generate terabytes of data per day. Scientific organisations collect and analyse environmental or genetic data at scale. Even small businesses, like architecture firms or design studios, need reliable and scalable storage for large CAD files and design assets.
The challenge is not just about capacity. It’s about cost, efficiency, and footprint. Traditional systems aren’t keeping up.
The Cost of Keeping Data Onsite
Most organisations still rely on traditional hard drive-based storage in data centres or server rooms. These setups are bulky, inefficient, and power-hungry. A typical data centre rack might hold between 500 to 800 terabytes, but at a significant energy and cooling cost.
Cooling alone can account for up to 40% of a data centre’s total energy use. And the more racks you have, the higher your power draw, heat output, floor space requirements, and operational costs.
As storage requirements climb into the petabyte range and beyond, organisations are running into real limitations—both in terms of physical space and budget. Simply scaling out by adding more racks no longer makes sense.
Where Traditional Storage Falls Short
- Low Density: Conventional HDD systems take up a lot of space to store relatively little data. Scaling means more physical hardware, more power, and more cooling.
- High Energy Usage: Spinning drives and large cooling systems use vast amounts of electricity, pushing up operational costs and environmental impact.
- Noise and Heat: Traditional server infrastructure often requires dedicated server rooms due to excessive noise and heat output.
- Complex Infrastructure: Managing large storage deployments often means more cables, more networking hardware, and more time.
A New Approach to Storing Data
At Novodisq, we’ve taken a different approach. Instead of scaling storage horizontally by adding more hardware, we designed systems that can scale vertically—packing more usable storage into a smaller space, and doing it with much greater energy efficiency.
Our Novoblade™ system is the core of this shift. Each blade provides dense solid-state storage and compute options in a compact, low-power form factor. Up to 20 blades can be housed in a 2U enclosure, delivering up to 11.5 petabytes of high-speed storage in a space that would traditionally only fit a fraction of that.
To put that into perspective, that’s around 10 times the storage capacity of a typical rack setup, all packed into just 2U of rack height.
And it’s not just about size.
Smarter Storage. Smaller Footprint.
Because NovoBlade uses solid-state storage, there are no spinning disks, no moving parts, and no unnecessary energy loss. Our systems are built to run cool and quiet, reducing the need for large-scale cooling infrastructure. In real-world deployments, this can save up to 95% of the energy required for both power and cooling compared to traditional HDD-based racks.
That doesn’t just reduce operating costs. It makes Novodisq a smart choice for organisations aiming to lower their environmental footprint or meet sustainability goals.
For enterprise IT teams, it means fewer racks, fewer heat problems, and more space back in the server room or data centre. For CIOs and business leaders, it means reduced overhead, lower energy bills, and storage that can grow with your data without taking over your building.
Built for the Future of Data
We designed our systems to support modern workloads from the ground up. Novodisq products are ideal for:
- AI and Machine Learning: Our optional compute blades include embedded acceleration (96 AIE-MLv2 Tiles, 123 TOPS INT8 Dense) to support AI training and inference workloads.
- Scientific Research and Imaging: High-throughput data capture and access with no noise and minimal cooling needs.
- Edge and Hybrid Cloud Deployments: Small, efficient footprints that allow petabyte-scale storage closer to where data is generated.
- Backup and Archive: Dense, reliable, and energy-efficient storage for long-term retention and fast recovery.
Whether you’re building out a new data centre, upgrading your infrastructure, or looking to reduce your carbon footprint, our systems offer a scalable, efficient path forward.
One Rack. Petabytes of Possibility.
The demand for data storage isn’t slowing down. But the cost, size, and complexity of traditional systems no longer make sense. Novodisq is changing what’s possible—making it easier to store more, use less, and plan for the future with confidence.
If your organisation is struggling to keep up with data growth, it’s time to rethink the way storage works. Store smarter, save energy, and shrink your footprint with Novodisq.
