AI Companies Bought Out All of Western Digital’s Hard Drives for 2026 Already

Thanks to data center demands, Western Digital has committed all of its HDDs for at least the rest of the year.

Thanks a lot, AI: Hard drives are already sold out for the entire year, says Western Digital

AI companies have bought out Western Digital's storage capacity for 2026. It's only February.
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AI boom wipes out Western Digital hard drives and sparks a crisis

Western Digital is grappling with a storage demand surge driven by artificial intelligence workloads, and the strain is showing up in the company’s own regulatory disclosures. The hard drive maker’s ...
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WD unifies creator storage under G-DRIVE brand

WD (Nasdaq: WDC) today announced the re-launch of its G-DRIVE® brand as the unified identity for its content creator and ...
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WD Black SN8100 review - beats Samsung to become the fastest ever gaming SSD

The big guns are finally coming out to join the PCIe 5.0 SSD party, first with the Samsung 9100 Pro, and now with the new WD Black SN8100, and both drives are aiming their banks of high-speed flash ...
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Even hard drives are affected; expect them to be more expensive

Western Digital announced that they are out of capacity and will prioritize hard drives for data centers over consumer products.

WD unifies creator and professional storage under G-DRIVE brand

G-DRIVE products support the full creative lifecycle, including on-set capture, real-time editing, backup, and postproduction ...