TrendForce: AI inference demand leads to severe shortages of Nearline HDDs

Jin10 data reported on October 17, according to the latest research by TrendForce, the massive amount of data created by AI is impacting global data center storage facilities. The traditional Nearline HDD, which has long been the cornerstone of massive data storage, is experiencing supply shortages, prompting high-performance, high-cost SSDs to gradually become the market focus, especially the large-capacity QLC SSD shipments, which may see explosive rise in 2026.