Journalist, Blocks & Files
United Kingdom
Chris Mellor is the founder of Blocks & Files and the storage editor of its sister title The Register. He has reported and analyzed IT storage matters for 20 years, starting out in the industry coding for mainframes, then installing mini-computer software and enjoying using PDP-8 tapes and early removable DEC disk drives.
Chris Mellor covers data storage and IT infrastructure, focusing on the pressures of rising capacity demands, AI and GPU-driven workloads, and emerging archival technologies. Their recent work highlights sustainability concerns in storage, supercomputing bottlenecks, and innovations from Nvidia and its partners.