What IBM makes for data centers
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IBM is a publicly listed company. It appears on 1 part of the AI data center — AI storage systems — in the role of manufacturer. That part sits in Layer 2 — Memory & storage. Its shares trade on US exchanges (NYSE/Nasdaq) as IBM.
Listing
US exchanges (NYSE/Nasdaq): IBM· 254 USD +1.20% · mkt cap 239.6B USD
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Exposure
1 part across 1 layer
No disclosed data-center revenue share on file.
Parts, by layer
Layer 2 — Memory & storage
| Part | Role | Confidence | Competitors | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI storage systems | manufacturer | disclosed | Dell, Everpure, HPE, NetApp, Supermicro, DDN |
Where IBM sits in the stack
IBM's placements in this catalog cover 1 part, all in layer 2, memory & storage. None of them currently carries a sourced supply constraint tag. Across these parts it overlaps with other companies most often on the lines below.
What these parts are
- AI storage systems — Purpose-built storage software and appliances — parallel file systems, object stores, and GPU-direct pipelines — that aggregate many drives into one system capable of feeding a large number of accelerators at once.
Closest peers in this catalog
Seen in real machines
IBM is named in 2 of the rack teardowns and supercomputer breakdowns on this site. Each line below is a piece of that machine.
- JUPITER · supercomputer
- Flash and disk storage tiers (ExaFLASH and ExaSTORE on IBM Storage Scale System 6000 building blocks) and tape archive (ExaTAPE, IBM TS4500 libraries) (Storage Scale System 6000 appliances and software, TS4500 tape libraries, Storage Protect)
- MareNostrum 5 · supercomputer
- Parallel file system and flash/disk storage (IBM Storage Scale on ESS-3500 building blocks; 248 PB net HDD tier, 2.8 PB net flash tier) (5th-generation Elastic Storage Server (ESS-3500) building blocks running Storage Scale (GPFS))
- Tape archive (two IBM TS4500 libraries, 64 TS1160 drives, 400 PB on 20 TB JE cartridges) (TS4500 libraries and TS1160 tape drives, driven by Spectrum Archive servers)
Questions about IBM
- What does IBM make for AI data centers?
- This catalog places IBM on 1 part: AI storage systems (manufacturer).
- Is IBM publicly traded?
- Yes — IBM is listed on US exchanges (NYSE/Nasdaq) under IBM. Prices shown on this page are a nightly snapshot, not real-time, and nothing here is investment advice.
- Who else makes AI storage systems for AI data centers?
- Dell, Everpure, HPE, NetApp, Supermicro and DDN are also placed on AI storage systems in this catalog.
- How well sourced are these placements?
- Every part→company placement carries a confidence tag. For IBM the mix is 1 disclosed. "disclosed" means the company or a filing says so; "reported" comes from trade press or a reference-design list; "inferred" is a lead from the taxonomy with no citation yet. Treat reported and inferred as leads, not facts.
Answers are generated from this catalog's own rows — see sources & method.