Traditional hard drives have become another casualty of the rapid development of artificial intelligence. According to Tom’s Hardware, the 12 most popular and widely used HDD models have increased in price by an average of 46% in just four months.
The trend is evident both in the United States, where the analysis was conducted by Tom’s Hardware, and in Europe, where similar offerings were reviewed by ComputerBase journalists. The sharpest price increases have been recorded in the large-capacity hard drive segment—particularly in product lines such as Seagate IronWolf NAS, Toshiba Cloud-Scale, and Western Digital Red, as well as other models designed for servers and network storage.
At the same time, the price hikes have affected other HDDs regardless of their capacity or intended use. In some cases, prices have risen by nearly 70%, indicating a systemic issue rather than isolated price fluctuations.
Analysts suggest that the increase in costs may not be directly linked to shortages or hype around memory chips. Instead, the expansion of artificial intelligence is seen as the key driver: training and operating AI systems require massive volumes of data that must be stored somewhere, and traditional hard drives remain a critical component of this infrastructure.
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