AI storage boom is keeping Seagate's hard drives spinning

Demand for AI data storage is driving a boom for high-capacity hard drives, with Seagate reporting its nearline disk capacity is almost fully allocated by cloud operators through calendar year 2028. This surge is attributed to data retention needs for AI training, inference, and emerging agentic applications.

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