​WD expands AI-optimised portfolio to address explosive data growth

    Rebranded as WD, the company unveils a 100TB+ HDD roadmap, new performance- and power-optimized innovations, and an intelligent platform solution to accelerate AI-scale storage deployment Western Digital (Nasdaq: WDC) recently unveiled a new customer-centric storage roadmap, including the new world’s highest 40TB UltraSMR ePMR HDD, currently in hyperscale qualification with volume production planned for the second half of 2026. The company also unveiled breakthrough innovations including High Bandwidth Drive technology delivering 2x bandwidth, Dual Pivot design enabling up to 2x I/O performance, and power-optimized HDDs using 20% less…

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