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title: "TrendForce: AI inference demand has led to a severe shortage of Nearline HDDs, and QLC SSD shipments are expected to surge in 2026"
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description: "According to the latest research by TrendForce, the massive amount of data generated by AI is impacting global data center storage facilities. The traditional Nearline HDD, which has been the cornerstone of massive data storage, is experiencing supply shortages, prompting high-performance, high-cost SSDs to gradually become the market focus, especially with the potential explosive growth in shipments of high-capacity QLC SSDs expected in 2026"
datetime: "2025-10-17T05:59:32.000Z"
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# TrendForce: AI inference demand has led to a severe shortage of Nearline HDDs, and QLC SSD shipments are expected to surge in 2026

According to the latest research by TrendForce, the massive amount of data generated by AI is impacting global data center storage facilities. The traditional Nearline HDD, which has been the cornerstone of massive data storage, is experiencing supply shortages, prompting high-performance, high-cost SSDs to gradually become the market focus, especially with the potential explosive growth in shipments of high-capacity QLC SSDs expected in 2026

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