WD at Computex 2026: AI Doesn't Just Run on Compute - It Runs on Data

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WD Takes the Stage at Computex to Reframe AI Infrastructure as a Data System and Demonstrates the Storage Innovations and Platforms Required to Scale Persistent AI Workloads Economically and Reliably SAN JOSE, Calif. & TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 01, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Western Digital Corporation (Nasdaq: WDC), the storage foundation of the AI-driven data economy, today announced its presence at Computex 2026 to help the industry understand that AI infrastructure is fundamentally a data system, not just a compute system. Every AI workload - from training and inference to agentic and physical AI – continuously creates data that persists, compounds, and expands over time. This dynamic is fundamentally changing how businesses must design AI infrastructure for scale. This shift exposes the core challenge for AI builders: managing exponential data growth while maintaining performance and economic efficiency at scale. How that data is managed determines whether AI delivers lasting business value or becomes an unsustainable cost. WD is at Computex addressing this reality with a forum session keynote, booth demonstrations and new storage innovations. Forum Session: "Reinventing Storage for AI at Scale"Ahmed Shihab, Chief Product Officer, WD. June 4, 2026, 11:00–11:25 AM, TaiNex 2, Room 701 WD Chief Product Officer Ahmed Shihab will discuss why AI infrastructure can no longer be designed primarily around compute performance, and why persistent data growth, tiered architectures, and infrastructure economics are becoming the defining constraints of AI at scale. "The shift toward AI-driven workloads is placing new demands on storage systems, requiring higher throughput, greater capacity, and improved reliability across multiple tiers," said John Chen, Vice President at TRENDFOCUS. "WD’s advancements in HDD and platform technologies reflect the kinds of innovations needed to support increasingly data-intensive AI environments at scale." Meet WD at Computex 2026June 2–5, 2026, Booth #R1308, 4F, Hall 2, Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Together, these innovations position WD as a key foundational layer in AI infrastructure, enabling the persistence, movement, and scalability of data across environments. "Computex is a great opportunity to connect with AI leaders and builders from around the world at a pivotal moment for the industry,&...

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