CoreWeave signed a multi-year agreement with Solidigm, the Intel-spun-off flash storage maker, guaranteeing priority access to solid-state drives as CoreWeave races to build out data centers fast enough to keep up with demand.
What the partnership actually looks like
This isn’t a fresh relationship. CoreWeave and Solidigm have been working together for years, deploying QLC (quad-level cell) SSDs across CoreWeave’s GPU infrastructure. Jacob Yundt, a CoreWeave executive, has previously described the partnership as “incredible” for data center effectiveness.
The two companies are now co-engineering drives specifically optimized for AI workloads. That includes native direct-to-chip liquid cooling for SSDs, a technology that addresses the heat density that increases when cramming 122-terabyte drives into GPU clusters.
For context, 122TB in a single drive is enormous. Most consumer SSDs top out around 4TB. Enterprise drives typically max out at 30TB or so.
