Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH (Toshiba) showcased how high-capacity HDD technology is enabling scalable storage infrastructures for next-generation research at ISC High Performance 2026 from 23 – 25 June in Hamburg.With scientific computing and AI generating increasingly large and complex datasets, organisations are seeking storage solutions that can scale efficiently to support growing performance and capacity demands.

At booth Z06, Toshiba presented two live demonstrations featuring its MG Series 24TB enterprise capacity hard drives, highlighting scalable storage architectures for scientific computing, research data management and AI-driven applications.

“Scientific research and AI applications are generating unprecedented volumes of data, creating growing demand for scalable storage infrastructure,” said Rainer W. Käse, senior manager, business development, storage products division, Toshiba Electronics Europe. “High-capacity HDDs remain indispensable for organisations seeking to store, manage and derive value from increasingly large scientific datasets while maintaining efficiency and reliability at scale.”

The first demonstration features a petabyte-scale scientific storage system built with 78 MG Series 24TB SAS HDDs integrated in AIC’s J4078 SAS4 JBOD platform. The system showcases how research institutions and HPC environments can deploy high-capacity storage to accommodate rapidly growing scientific datasets.

A second demonstration featured an integrated storage server with 60 MG Series 24TB SATA HDDs designed for scientific AI applications, demonstrating how organisations can support data-intensive AI workflows with scalable storage infrastructure.

The demonstrations are being presented in close cooperation with Toshiba’s booth partners AIC, providing server and storage enclosure chassis, and Broadcom, providing Network Interface Cards (NICs) and Host Bus Adapters (HBAs).

The role of HDDs in long-term data infrastructure has been also addressed in the presentation “Designed for Decades – The Sustainability of Hard Disk Drives”, delivered by Rainer W. Käse. The presentation traced the evolution of SAS and SATA HDD technology, examine the importance of standardization, outline why HDDs remain indispensable for cloud infrastructures, and explore future technology paths towards ever-higher storage capacities.