The trendline doesn’t look good for hard disk drives

Sales of HDDs to non-hyperscale outfits increasingly rare, say analysts Feature  In early May, independent digital storage analyst Thomas Coughlin shared news of falling sales and revenue in the first quarter of 2025, continuing a trend that started in around 2010. Coughlin cites data from that year showing around 600 million annual hard disk shipments.…

Jun 13, 2025 - 15:37
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The trendline doesn’t look good for hard disk drives

Sales of HDDs to non-hyperscale outfits increasingly rare, say analysts

Feature  In early May, independent digital storage analyst Thomas Coughlin shared news of falling sales and revenue in the first quarter of 2025, continuing a trend that started in around 2010. Coughlin cites data from that year showing around 600 million annual hard disk shipments.…