Kingdom sees growing demand for hard disks and drives to maintain global dominance
from the Thai Board of Investment revealed that Western Digital's ฿23 billion plan to expand its facilities in the provinces of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya and Prachin Buri has got the go-ahead.
Western Digital hasn't made any announcement or filing about the decision, so we don't know if its plans go beyond its current activities in Thailand – which include the drive manufacturer’s only final assembly and testing facilities. The BOI, however, wrote that its approval is driven by growth of hyperscale clouds and other datacenters, which is creating fresh demand for hard disk drives. Generative AI is also spurring demand, of course. It's also causingSeagate joins the HDD price hike party, blames AI for spike in demandJapan stumps up more cash for Kioxia and Western Digital to make memory chips
The Board estimated that WD's expansion will create 10,000 jobs – to go with the 28,000 paid for by its current activities – and boost the local tech supply chain by creating work for outfits that make inputs such as plastics, metals, printed circuit boards, and power supplies.recently discussed the HDD market with WD's rival Seagate, which told us hyperscalers are now its most significant customers.
Seagate, for what it's worth, also makes its product in Thailand – last year it sank another ฿16 billion into its facilities there.Apple, Google ease cross-cloud data transfers, perhaps with costly catchLaw firms seek investors' support in Teradata class action
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