Western Digital Investor Day: HAMR Roadmap, AI Data Center Shift, and New $4B Buyback Plan

On capacity, Shihab highlighted rapid ramps of high-capacity drives and said the company’s HAMR drives are already “in our customers’ hands” for qualification. He said WD announced one customer qualifying HAMR drives the prior week and stated at the event that WD now has a second customer qualifying HAMR.Shihab framed WD’s product strategy around what he said customers consistently request: capacity at scale, reliability, cost efficiency, smooth technology transitions without software disruption, better per ...