Seagate and Toshiba reportedly bid for TDK's HDD head business
Bloomberg reported that Seagate Technology Holdings Plc and Toshiba Corp. are competing to acquire TDK Corp.'s magnetic-heads business for hard-disk drives. The deal is described as multibillion-dollar in scale.
Key points
- Seagate and Toshiba are bidding for TDK's HDD magnetic-heads business.
- The deal is reported to be worth multiple billions of dollars.
- The competition is driven by demand for AI data center storage.
The acquisition interest stems from rising demand for storage in AI data centers. Both Seagate and Toshiba are positioning themselves to secure critical components for high-capacity hard-disk drives, which remain essential for storing the vast amounts of data generated by artificial intelligence workloads.
The report cites sources familiar with the matter, indicating that the bidding process is active. This move highlights the strategic importance of hardware supply chains in the AI infrastructure race, where storage capacity is a key bottleneck.
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