Western Digital

Western Digital

https://www.westerndigital.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/western-digital/

Western Digital Corporation, a publicly owned company founded in 1970, is a US-based manufacturer of computer hardware. Employing approximately 26,400 people, the company's primary focus is the design and production of data storage solutions.

2025 Revenue

Founded

1970

Headcount

26,396

Headquarters

US

Primary Segment

Consumer electronics

Ownership

Publicly Owned

News Summary:

Toshiba Corp issued a legal warning to Western Digital Corp on an unspecified date, instructing the company to cease what Toshiba described as "harassment." During the recent three months, 23 analysts offered varied opinions on Western Digital, with a mix of positive and negative assessments. The analysts' ratings shifted over the past 30 days compared to previous months. Western Digital's success is linked to the growth of the artificial intelligence market, specifically leveraging hard disk drives to meet the increasing demand for data storage. Growing data storage needs are benefiting Western Digital and its competitor, Seagate.

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Western Digital offers 3 products in the media and telecoms services and media tech industries. Western Digital's product portfolio comprises of content acquisition, media cloud and storage and consumer electronics.

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Western Digital's revenues were $9.5B in 2025. Caretta Research has split Western Digital's revenue into 3 different product categories, the largest of which is consumer devices, which represents 100% of Western Digital's revenue.

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Jan

18th

2026

17:00

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

5,1: WD recertified HDDs

flang macrumors regular Original poster maybe not the best subheading to post, but ..... looking at swapping a 1TB drive in my MP3,1 that is a media server, Emby & Jellyfin. I have usually bought new WD 2TB 5400 HDD and have been very happy. I see that WD has recertified on their site (not refurbed).

Jan

17th

2026

23:50

Capital Investment, Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Are Data Storage Stocks in a Bubble or Should You Get in Now?

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Jan

17th

2026

18:30

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

The Best USB4 Portable SSDs of 2026

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Jan

17th

2026

11:28

Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

Western Digital Is Riding the AI Boom. Does This Rocketship Ride Ever End?

Western Digital ( WDC ) capped 2025 as one of the S&P 500 's top-performing stocks, surging an astounding 282% and outpacing the index's 16% gain. It was only edged out by SanDisk ( SNDK ), which it had spun off earlier in the year and which rode similar AI-driven tailwinds.

Jan

17th

2026

02:18

Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

Mapping the Semiconductor Growth Trajectory: TAM, Scalability, and Market Capture

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Jan

16th

2026

16:59

Financial Results, B2B Tag

SanDisk: The NAND Trade Is Getting Crowded Heading Into Q2 Earnings (NASDAQ:SNDK)

Sandisk has been obliterating the Street's revenue and EPS expectations. I see a similar pattern in earnings revisions to what Nvidia experienced in mid 2023.

Jan

16th

2026

13:35

Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

AI data storage leads 2026 hardware outlook memory cycle

Bernstein’s latest 2026 U.S. IT hardware outlook highlights how ai data storage will capture the largest share of value from the ongoing artificial intelligence build-out. Bernstein forecasts an AI-driven data surge through 2026 In its new 2026 report, research firm Bernstein argues that the AI-driven data explosion will continue through 2026 with no signs of slowing.

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Jan

16th

2026

05:50

Procurement and Sales, Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

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A keen-eyed Reddit user caught a brainwave while browsing for high-capacity SSDs and was struck with the following thought: with the AI-infused silicon shortages, we've reached the point where NVMe gumstick-style SSDs are more expensive than gold by weight.

Jan

16th

2026

05:50

Procurement and Sales, Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Many high-capacity NVMe SSDs are now as expensive as gold by weight as shortage intensifies — we ran the numbers, here's what we found

A keen-eyed Reddit user caught a brainwave while browsing for high-capacity SSDs and was struck with the following thought: with the AI-infused silicon shortages, we've reached the point where NVMe gumstick-style SSDs are more expensive than gold by weight.

Jan

16th

2026

03:31

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Western Digital Corporation (WDC) Presents at Evercore ISI 2nd Annual TMT Conference (Transcript)

Western Digital Corporation (WDC) Evercore ISI 2nd Annual TMT Conference September 8, 2022 1:30 PM ETCompany ParticipantsDavid Goeckeler - Chief Executive...

Jan

16th

2026

01:51

Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

Building AI-ready data infrastructure

At Intersec UAE 2026, Owais Mohammed, Regional Lead & Sales Director at Western Digital for the Middle East, Africa, Turkey, and the Indian Subcontinent, spoke to GEC Newswire on data sovereignty, AI-ready storage, and the growing strategic importance of data infrastructure.

Jan

15th

2026

18:30

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

NAND Flash Market Top Strategy Leads Memory Manufacturers and Global Supply

NAND Flash Market forms the cornerstone of today’s digital world, powering smartphones, laptops, enterprise storage solutions, and next-generation data centers. The performance of everything from consumer devices to industrial automation systems is shaped by NAND flash, which allows for high-density storage with quicker access times than traditional memory systems.

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