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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Alan Palazon

Greedy AI is gobbling up hard drives as these manufacturers are “sold out” for 2026 already. What does that mean for photographers?

WD My Passport SSD on a wooden table connected to a laptop.

AI doesn't just want to generate images; it wants your storage, too, as two hard drive manufacturers have announced they’ve already sold out for 2026, just two months into the year.

Both Western Digital and Seagate Technology – two of the manufacturers dominating the hard disk drive (HDD) market globally – made the announcements earlier this month during Q2 company earnings calls.

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