DDN is proud to share that DDN ranks #1 in the U.S. for Gartner Use Case artificial intelligence (AI) in its Critical Capabilities for Enterprise Storage Platforms report (15 September 2025 – subscription required).
Among Gartner’s Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Storage Platforms (subscription required) this year, only nine were selected for evaluation, and DDN ranked highest in the U.S. for AI use cases in the Critical Capabilities report, which we believe validates our unique position as the trusted data platform powering the next wave of AI growth.
Why This Matters to Enterprises
AI is transforming industries, and for enterprise CEOs, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Success in AI isn’t just about implementing models – it’s about building a data foundation that drives measurable business outcomes:
- Faster time to insight – Accelerate innovation and reduce the time from data to actionable decisions.
- Lower total cost of ownership – Optimize infrastructure and resource utilization while scaling AI workloads efficiently.
- Competitive differentiation – Deliver AI-powered products and services that outpace rivals in speed, quality, and personalization.
- Risk mitigation and resilience – Ensure secure, reliable, and compliant AI infrastructure that protects critical enterprise data.
AI at the Center of Enterprise Transformation
AI is no longer an experiment — it is the foundation of how enterprises, national computing platforms, research organizations, and governments create value. Yet the success of AI depends on the ability to access, manage, and scale data with intelligence, speed, and resilience.
This is where DDN stands apart. Our Data Intelligence Platform is designed from the ground up to meet the demands of AI workloads at scale – from training large language models to enabling real-time inference – while ensuring enterprise-grade reliability and efficiency.
How DDN Shapes the Future of AI
- Performance and Scale Without Boundaries – DDN supports up to 240 nodes in a single namespace with ultra-low, sub-millisecond latency, ensuring that as AI models grow, the data foundation grows with them.
- AI-Native Enhancements – Capabilities like rapid object listing and rapid checkpointing accelerate LLM training, while vector database optimization and KV caching power next-generation AI applications.
- Hybrid Cloud Flexibility – A unified software stack across on-premises and public cloud environments gives enterprises agility to build and scale AI anywhere.
- Ecosystem-Driven Innovation – Deep integration with partners like Google Cloud and NVIDIA ensures customers can harness best-of-breed AI infrastructure, including NVIDIA AI Factory and AI Data Platform solutions.
- Multitenant AI Data Lakes – Enterprises and NCPs can run multiple AI initiatives in parallel with efficiency and security, fueling innovation at scale.
Powering the Next Chapter of AI
We believe, being ranked #1 in the U.S. by Gartner for AI Use Case reinforces what our customers already know: DDN is essential to the success of AI. We provide the data foundation that turns massive, complex workloads into actionable results – accelerating discovery, reducing cost, and unlocking new business models.
As Gartner predicts, “by 2028, more than 20% of enterprises will run AI workloads (training and/or inference) in on-premises data centers, an increase from less than 2% as of the beginning of 2025.” By 2029, unified platforms will dominate the storage market. DDN is not just preparing for this future — we are building it now, ensuring our customers, partners, and entire industries can lead in the age of AI.
Shaping AI for Enterprises, Cloud Providers, and Beyond
The future of AI belongs to organizations that can scale data intelligently, securely, and sustainably. DDN is committed to being the backbone of this transformation — empowering enterprises, cloud providers, sovereign AI, and innovators everywhere to make AI a driver of competitive advantage, operational efficiency, and long-term business success.
Gartner, Critical Capabilities for Enterprise Storage Platforms, 15 September 2025
Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Storage Platforms, 2 September 2025
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