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Western Digital plots AI driven drive roadmap with HDD capacity goals to 100TB by 2029
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Published on 24 April 2026
A new AI storage plan could redefine HDD limits
Western Digital used Innovation Day 2026 to lay out an AI-focused storage roadmap aimed at delivering more capacity without sacrificing reliability and performance. The company highlighted upgrades in UltraSMR and HAMR HDD technologies, targeting drive capacities up to 100TB by 2029, signaling a major push to meet rising data and workload demands.
- Western Digital unveiled an AI-first storage roadmap
- UltraSMR and HAMR HDD advancements were showcased
- Targeting HDD capacities up to 100TB by 2029
- Focus remains on capacity plus reliability and performance
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