06/09/2026
HDDs aren't fading out — they're more relevant than ever.
As AI workloads continue to grow, so does the demand for high-capacity, cost-efficient storage. Data centers processing and retaining massive datasets rely on HDDs precisely because they offer a level of scale and cost-per-TB that other storage technologies simply can't match. Today, HDDs store approximately 80% of the world's data in the cloud and in data centers. A signal that in the age of AI, reliable high-capacity storage isn't going away. It's becoming more critical.