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Toshiba Invests $380M to Double HDD Capacity for AI Data Centers by FY2027
Toshiba announced plans to roughly double hard disk drive production capacity for AI data centers by FY2027, investing approximately ¥60 billion (~$380M) to expand its Philippine plant. Expansion includes new higher-capacity products with up to 40% more storage per drive.
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Illustrates the full-stack AI infrastructure boom beyond compute chips—storage is emerging as a critical, tightening bottleneck. The investment revives HDD relevance for cost-effective, high-capacity cold and warm data storage in hyperscale AI setups. Market reactions, including Western Digital stock declines, signal intensifying supply-side competition and underscore storage as a key constraint in AI infrastructure scaling.
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