{
 "title": "2026 Nearline HDD Shortage: AI Reprices UK Cold Storage",
 "url": "https://www.servnetuk.com/research/nearline-hdd-shortage-2026",
 "publisher": "Servnet Research",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0 — free to reuse with attribution",
 "collected": "2026-07-15",
 "records": [
  {
   "metric": "Nearline HDD price increase (in a few months)",
   "value": "46–50%",
   "source": "Vertex AI Search"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Enterprise SSD vs. HDD cost per TB ratio (Q1 2026)",
   "value": "16.4x",
   "source": "Pre Rack IT (via Tom's Hardware)"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Western Digital HDD revenue from cloud/enterprise clients (2026)",
   "value": "89%",
   "source": "PCMag"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Additional HDD capacity demand due to AI buildout (2026)",
   "value": "363 Exabytes",
   "source": "Forbes"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Global HDD market size (2026)",
   "value": "USD 51.82 billion",
   "source": "Mordor Intelligence"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Hyperscaler AI-related CapEx forecast (2026)",
   "value": "USD 630-680 billion",
   "source": "Vertex AI Search"
  },
  {
   "metric": "HDD capacity shipments growth (2024 to 2025)",
   "value": "34%",
   "source": "Vertex AI Search"
  },
  {
   "metric": "UK Azure Blob (LRS) cool tier cost (mid-2026)",
   "value": "£0.015–£0.020 per GB per month",
   "source": "Nexstor"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Veeam list price increase (2026)",
   "value": "4–8%",
   "source": "Nexstor"
  },
  {
   "metric": "UK cold storage market CAGR (2026 to 2033)",
   "value": "14.2%",
   "source": "Vertex AI Search"
  }
 ]
}