Global Energy Sector Looks to SPhotonix to Solve Data Storage Challenges

•       SPhotonix launches data storage capability at ADIPEC 2024 capable of up to 360 terabytes of data

•       Delegates can participate in a live demo of 5D memory crystal data storage on Tuesday 4th November 2.00 pm (GST)

•       Pioneered by Prof. Peter Kazansky at University of Southampton, their 5D memory crystal technology can solve energy sector’s data storage issues

•       Rise in energy use of data centres and storage along with AI has triggered mass demand for effective solutions

Newark, Delaware, November 1st : SPhotonix has launched it’s new data storage capability using 5D memory crystal technology at the global ADIPEC event in Abu Dhabi. The event, which attracts the biggest energy and tech brands, showcases the latest innovations in the world’s energy sector. A product from the University of Southampton’s Optoelectronics Research team, SPhotonix’s 5D memory crystal has the capability to store up to 360 terabytes of data on 5 inch glass. This follows hot on the team’s success in etching the human genome on 5D memory crystals which garnered worldwide attention.

Invited to attend the year’s event, Professor Peter Kazansky, SPhotonix Co-founder and Chief Science Officer, who leads the research team, along with Ilya Kazansky, Co-founder and CEO, and Garrett MacDonald, Head of Business Development are meeting with key members of the global energy sector to bring this ground-breaking technology into service. ADIPEC delegates have the opportunity to participate in a interactive demo live streamed from SPhotonix femtosecond lab in the UK, showing real-time data inscription into a quartz crystal on Tuesday 4th November at 2.00 pm (GST). 

Commenting on this launch, Ilya Kazansky, CEO and Co-founder at SPhotonix said:

“It is predicted that by 2027, data storage will top 300 billion terabytes, fuelled in part by the rise in AI use, which rapidly scales the issue of how to store data efficiently and with minimal impact on the environment. Traditional data storage solutions create substantial CO2 emissions and unsustainable energy needs. Delivering unprecedented data storage longevity with low environmental impact, SPhotonix’s technology meets future storage demands without compromising the planet.” 5D Memory Crystals are created using groundbreaking technology, where ultrafast light pulses are fired into quartz glass, using high precision, computer controlled laser based systems.  The technology enables creation of nano structures inside the 3 dimensions of a glass plate, further extended by an additional 2 optical dimensions, namely birefringence and strength retardance. In combination this enables ultra-dense storage of data, not on the surface, but deep inside the glass plate, making it the most durable storage medium available today.