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Why HDDs Are Key for AI Infrastructure Economics

WD Customer Survey Highlights Growing Focus on Scale, Economics, and Reliability in AI Infrastructure Planning

Data concludes surveyed enterprises prefer a proven and reliable storage layer when considering AI infrastructure as global data creation and retention reach new highs

Dubai, United Arab Emirates. – 8 June, 2026 – As AI has evolved into continuous, production-scale data systems, the challenge of managing the explosive growth of data storage requirements is now at the same level as compute challenges. In a new survey of a cross-section of its largest global customers and distributors, Western Digital Corporation (Nasdaq: WDC) found that, amongst other unique market insights, enterprises are prioritizing infrastructure that delivers proven reliability, predictable economics, and the ability to scale data over time.

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WD AT COMPUTEX 2026: AI DOESN’T JUST RUN ON COMPUTE – IT RUNS ON DATA

WD Takes the Stage at Computex to Reframe AI Infrastructure as a Data System and Demonstrates the Storage Innovations and Platforms Required to Scale Persistent AI Workloads

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United Arab Emirates(Computex 2026) – June 2, 2026 – Western Digital Corporation (Nasdaq: WDC), the storage foundation of the AI-driven data economy, today announced its presence at Computex 2026 to help the industry understand that AI infrastructure is fundamentally a data system, not just a compute system. Every AI workload – from training and inference to agentic and physical AI – continuously creates data that persists, compounds, and expands over time. This dynamic is fundamentally changing how businesses must design AI infrastructure for scale.

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