Core Insights - Western Digital has introduced a new customer-centric storage roadmap aimed at reinventing hard drives to meet AI needs, solidifying its role as a strategic partner in the AI-driven data economy [1] Company Developments - The announcements made during Innovation Day 2026 highlight a fundamental business transformation at Western Digital, enabling the development of a new generation of storage technologies [1] - The new storage technologies focus on scalable capacity and breakthrough performance optimizations, which are essential for supporting AI applications [1]