Gate charge and switching speed
Total gate charge is 117 nC at 10 V. For a hard-switched converter running at 100 kHz, the average gate-drive current is 11.7 mA — well within the capability of a standard driver IC, but the peak current during the Miller plateau needs a driver with at least 2 A source-sink to keep the switching edges clean. Input capacitance is 8410 pF at 50 V drain bias; the driver output impedance and the external gate resistor set the rise-time budget.
175°C junction — thermal headroom for tough environments
The junction is rated from -55°C to 175°C. That 175°C ceiling is a genuine design margin for automotive under-hood or industrial motor-drive enclosures where ambient air can hit 85°C and the self-heating from 214 W dissipation pushes the die temperature well above the 150°C limit of older MOSFET families.