Crushing shortages have pushed long-term supply agreements for SSDs and HDDs to record five years — large customers are signing large contracts
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Mario Romero.- In a rapidly developing world of artificial intelligence, the supply of hardware can barely satisfy demand, and at this point, long-term supply agreements (LTA – Long Term Agremment) become mandatory. When it comes to storage, both hard disk drives and drives [...] The post After Memory Crisis, Western Digital, Sandisk and Seagate negotiate 5-year contracts for sale of SSD and traditional disks first appeared on TransMedia.
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Tom's HardwareCrushing shortages have pushed long-term supply agreements for SSDs and HDDs to record five years — large customers are signing large contracts
Demand for storage devices is so high that large customers are willing to sign up to five-year long-term supply agreements, according to Sandisk, Seagate, and Western Digital.
The storage industry landscape is being transformed by the explosive demand from artificial intelligence infrastructure: SSD and HDD vendors are increasingly implementing long-term contractual commitments spanning periods of up to five years to guarantee shipment volumes, stabilize pricing, and optimize production line utilization. Photo: Toshiba SanDisk CFO Luis Visoso emphasizes that the company is already practicing five-year agreements... Th…
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