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PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 9 months ago

Thanks a lot, AI: Hard drives are already sold out for the entire year, says Western Digital

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Thanks a lot, AI: Hard drives are already sold out for the entire year, says Western Digital

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PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 9 months ago

AI companies have bought out Western Digital's storage capacity for 2026. It's only February.

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HDs are too slow for AI itself, so I can only assume that this is an indication of just how much data those AI services are farming from people.

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