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  3. Western Digital has recently announced that it sold all of the year's hard-drive inventory to AI companies.

Western Digital has recently announced that it sold all of the year's hard-drive inventory to AI companies.

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  • Catalin CimpanuC This user is from outside of this forum
    Catalin CimpanuC This user is from outside of this forum
    Catalin Cimpanu
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    Western Digital has recently announced that it sold all of the year's hard-drive inventory to AI companies.

    In other words, prepare for huge SSD price surges.

    https://wccftech.com/western-digital-has-no-more-hdd-capacity-left-out/

    Mirrors And StuffM Christoffer S.N Ian ChardF noodleN UrzlG 35 Replies Last reply
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    • Catalin CimpanuC Catalin Cimpanu

      Western Digital has recently announced that it sold all of the year's hard-drive inventory to AI companies.

      In other words, prepare for huge SSD price surges.

      https://wccftech.com/western-digital-has-no-more-hdd-capacity-left-out/

      Mirrors And StuffM This user is from outside of this forum
      Mirrors And StuffM This user is from outside of this forum
      Mirrors And Stuff
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      @campuscodi WD make spinning rust primarily - it's not just SSDs this time

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      • Catalin CimpanuC Catalin Cimpanu

        Western Digital has recently announced that it sold all of the year's hard-drive inventory to AI companies.

        In other words, prepare for huge SSD price surges.

        https://wccftech.com/western-digital-has-no-more-hdd-capacity-left-out/

        Christoffer S.N This user is from outside of this forum
        Christoffer S.N This user is from outside of this forum
        Christoffer S.
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        #3

        @campuscodi ffs...

        ... this circle jerk of a circus in acquiring real hardware with make believe money is... quite the circus.

        Would be nice if we can restore this timeline to a previously recorded snapshot, no?

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        • Christoffer S.N Christoffer S.

          @campuscodi ffs...

          ... this circle jerk of a circus in acquiring real hardware with make believe money is... quite the circus.

          Would be nice if we can restore this timeline to a previously recorded snapshot, no?

          apthA This user is from outside of this forum
          apthA This user is from outside of this forum
          apth
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          @nopatience @campuscodi blkdiscard and reinstall imo

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          • Catalin CimpanuC Catalin Cimpanu

            Western Digital has recently announced that it sold all of the year's hard-drive inventory to AI companies.

            In other words, prepare for huge SSD price surges.

            https://wccftech.com/western-digital-has-no-more-hdd-capacity-left-out/

            Ian ChardF This user is from outside of this forum
            Ian ChardF This user is from outside of this forum
            Ian Chard
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            @campuscodi I’m also worried for WD’s share price when half those companies cease to exist before the orders ever ship.

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            • Christoffer S.N Christoffer S.

              @campuscodi ffs...

              ... this circle jerk of a circus in acquiring real hardware with make believe money is... quite the circus.

              Would be nice if we can restore this timeline to a previously recorded snapshot, no?

              su_liamS This user is from outside of this forum
              su_liamS This user is from outside of this forum
              su_liam
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              @nopatience @campuscodi They deleted those files.

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              • Catalin CimpanuC Catalin Cimpanu

                Western Digital has recently announced that it sold all of the year's hard-drive inventory to AI companies.

                In other words, prepare for huge SSD price surges.

                https://wccftech.com/western-digital-has-no-more-hdd-capacity-left-out/

                noodleN This user is from outside of this forum
                noodleN This user is from outside of this forum
                noodle
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                @campuscodi The dip will be spectacular. Until now I'd assumed the demand for NVME SSDs was killing SAS/SATA stuff, and we'd come out of this with entire consumer markets dead. If the full spectrum of hardware is supported by funny money there could be a silver lining once DCs start selling stuff.

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                • Catalin CimpanuC Catalin Cimpanu

                  Western Digital has recently announced that it sold all of the year's hard-drive inventory to AI companies.

                  In other words, prepare for huge SSD price surges.

                  https://wccftech.com/western-digital-has-no-more-hdd-capacity-left-out/

                  UrzlG This user is from outside of this forum
                  UrzlG This user is from outside of this forum
                  Urzl
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                  @campuscodi I feel like this snaps the trap shut on consumers. You'll get your storage from an AI vendor in the cloud or you won't get it at all. And because you can't afford your own backup media, you'll pay what they ask and compromise however they want.

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                  • Catalin CimpanuC Catalin Cimpanu

                    Western Digital has recently announced that it sold all of the year's hard-drive inventory to AI companies.

                    In other words, prepare for huge SSD price surges.

                    https://wccftech.com/western-digital-has-no-more-hdd-capacity-left-out/

                    David GerardD This user is from outside of this forum
                    David GerardD This user is from outside of this forum
                    David Gerard
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                    @campuscodi earnings call: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/WDC.BE/earnings/WDC.BE-Q2-2026-earnings_call-406162.html

                    Jessie Nabein :neofox_peek_owo:J 1 Reply Last reply
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                    • Catalin CimpanuC Catalin Cimpanu

                      Western Digital has recently announced that it sold all of the year's hard-drive inventory to AI companies.

                      In other words, prepare for huge SSD price surges.

                      https://wccftech.com/western-digital-has-no-more-hdd-capacity-left-out/

                      Mastodon MigrationM This user is from outside of this forum
                      Mastodon MigrationM This user is from outside of this forum
                      Mastodon Migration
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                      @campuscodi

                      Be interesting if, having locked up the market, AI companies start arbitraging SSDs.

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                      • Catalin CimpanuC Catalin Cimpanu

                        Western Digital has recently announced that it sold all of the year's hard-drive inventory to AI companies.

                        In other words, prepare for huge SSD price surges.

                        https://wccftech.com/western-digital-has-no-more-hdd-capacity-left-out/

                        Allan ChowG This user is from outside of this forum
                        Allan ChowG This user is from outside of this forum
                        Allan Chow
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                        @campuscodi dude how much of that is like just for swap

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                        • Catalin CimpanuC Catalin Cimpanu

                          Western Digital has recently announced that it sold all of the year's hard-drive inventory to AI companies.

                          In other words, prepare for huge SSD price surges.

                          https://wccftech.com/western-digital-has-no-more-hdd-capacity-left-out/

                          crazyeddieC This user is from outside of this forum
                          crazyeddieC This user is from outside of this forum
                          crazyeddie
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                          @campuscodi If they buy up all the hard drive space then you don't have any opportunity to build your own shit and store stuff they don't want stored.

                          Should maybe be looking at optical next. Might be finding out that for whatever reason AI needs all those 1000 year storage disks too and all the stuff used to make them.

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                          • Catalin CimpanuC Catalin Cimpanu

                            Western Digital has recently announced that it sold all of the year's hard-drive inventory to AI companies.

                            In other words, prepare for huge SSD price surges.

                            https://wccftech.com/western-digital-has-no-more-hdd-capacity-left-out/

                            Big Kumera EnergyD This user is from outside of this forum
                            Big Kumera EnergyD This user is from outside of this forum
                            Big Kumera Energy
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                            @campuscodi I think they saw the grifting on RAM prices and wanted in. Doubt they actually scored 'huge AI contracts' for their HDD inventory. But who'll prosecute? And in the meantime, every HDD vendor will jump on the chance to up prices.

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                            • Catalin CimpanuC Catalin Cimpanu

                              Western Digital has recently announced that it sold all of the year's hard-drive inventory to AI companies.

                              In other words, prepare for huge SSD price surges.

                              https://wccftech.com/western-digital-has-no-more-hdd-capacity-left-out/

                              Fruits! 🧔🏻‍♂️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈F This user is from outside of this forum
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                              @campuscodi

                              Just SSD? Because I've been trying to get a couple of HDDs for my home NAS and the prices keep jumping all over the place.

                              I wish I had gotten the idea last year, but at least last year I swapped all my hardware before the RAM crisis.

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                              • Catalin CimpanuC Catalin Cimpanu

                                Western Digital has recently announced that it sold all of the year's hard-drive inventory to AI companies.

                                In other words, prepare for huge SSD price surges.

                                https://wccftech.com/western-digital-has-no-more-hdd-capacity-left-out/

                                Kat SK This user is from outside of this forum
                                Kat SK This user is from outside of this forum
                                Kat S
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                                @campuscodi Now I'm waiting for China to step in and fill the gap.

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                                • Christoffer S.N Christoffer S.

                                  @campuscodi ffs...

                                  ... this circle jerk of a circus in acquiring real hardware with make believe money is... quite the circus.

                                  Would be nice if we can restore this timeline to a previously recorded snapshot, no?

                                  tschenkelT This user is from outside of this forum
                                  tschenkelT This user is from outside of this forum
                                  tschenkel
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                                  @nopatience @campuscodi

                                  Previous snapshots have been deleted to preserve disk space.

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                                  • Catalin CimpanuC Catalin Cimpanu

                                    Western Digital has recently announced that it sold all of the year's hard-drive inventory to AI companies.

                                    In other words, prepare for huge SSD price surges.

                                    https://wccftech.com/western-digital-has-no-more-hdd-capacity-left-out/

                                    W This user is from outside of this forum
                                    W This user is from outside of this forum
                                    Yugthebug
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                                    @campuscodi i cant wait for raiding the data centers instead of raiding area 51

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                                    • Catalin CimpanuC Catalin Cimpanu

                                      Western Digital has recently announced that it sold all of the year's hard-drive inventory to AI companies.

                                      In other words, prepare for huge SSD price surges.

                                      https://wccftech.com/western-digital-has-no-more-hdd-capacity-left-out/

                                      Orca 🌻 | 🎀 | 🪁 | 🏴🏳️‍⚧️O This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      @campuscodi@mastodon.social HDD
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                                      • Catalin CimpanuC Catalin Cimpanu

                                        Western Digital has recently announced that it sold all of the year's hard-drive inventory to AI companies.

                                        In other words, prepare for huge SSD price surges.

                                        https://wccftech.com/western-digital-has-no-more-hdd-capacity-left-out/

                                        Ben ToddM This user is from outside of this forum
                                        Ben ToddM This user is from outside of this forum
                                        Ben Todd
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                                        @campuscodi

                                        Good job Western Digital drives are shit. I hope data centres have 100% drive failures.

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                                        • Catalin CimpanuC Catalin Cimpanu

                                          Western Digital has recently announced that it sold all of the year's hard-drive inventory to AI companies.

                                          In other words, prepare for huge SSD price surges.

                                          https://wccftech.com/western-digital-has-no-more-hdd-capacity-left-out/

                                          The DoctorD This user is from outside of this forum
                                          The DoctorD This user is from outside of this forum
                                          The Doctor
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                                          @campuscodi FUCK

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