With the AI boom fueling soaring storage demands, nearline HDDs are in short supply, pushing cloud providers to consider QLC SSDs. Western Digital plans price hikes as lead times for high-capacity HDDs stretch to a year. QLC SSDs offer a slower but cost-effective alternative, yet this shift could spike prices and limit SSD availability, leaving gamers and businesses to adapt to an evolving storage landscape.
Published on: 9/17/2025
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