AI boom triggers hard drive shortage — Western Digital says supply is gone for 2026

Western Digital has sold out its hard drive storage capacity for 2026 amid booming demand from AI companies, leading to ...
Stacker on MSN

Why hard drive prices are rising and what it means for your video storage

Videoloft reports rising hard drive prices due to increased demand from AI and data centers, impacting video storage budgets ...
Mashable

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

Western Digital says its all sold out of hard drives for 2026, less than two months into the year. Credit: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg via Getty Images Looking to buy a new hard drive? Get ready to pay even ...
CRN

WD Unveils Hard Drive Road Map: 100-TB-Plus Capacity, AI-Focused Innovations

‘We’re reinventing the hard drive that the cloud and AI depend on so that we can deliver more capacity sooner while doubling both bandwidth and I/O. And we’re introducing a class of drives that ...
XDA Developers on MSN

Western Digital is sold out of hard drives through 2026, and NAS owners should be paying attention

NAS drives are overpriced right now, but you have real alternatives ahead ...
Chicago Tribune

Get more space with the best external hard drive

Which external hard drive is best? Whether you are an information professional, a die-hard video gamer with more titles than space on your console or looking to preserve your family photos in a more ...