1Q23 HDD Capacity Lifts 5% Q/Q to 237EB, Units Dip 7% to 34 Million

Nearline capacity advances 13% sequentially to 180EB.

This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on May 19, 2023 at 2:02 pm

Analysts from Trendfocus, Inc. published on May 9, 2023 a report, SDAS: HDD Information Service CQ1 ’23 Quarterly Update – Executive Summary.

CQ1’23 HDD Capacity Lifts 5% Q/Q to 237EB, Units Dip 7% to 34 Million
Nearline capacity advances 13% sequentially to 180EB, cloud demand to retreat in CQ2

Seagate‘s capacity shipments increased 6% Q-Q to 118.70EB.

Toshiba’s capacity shipments of 20.82EB plunged 35%.

Western Digital‘s capacity shipments of 97.17EB jumped 20% from the prior quarter.

HDD Supplier Summary, 1CQ23, Units in Million

Vendor	HDDs in million	*Q/Q change*	Exabytes	Market share
Seagate	14.56	-5.1%	118.70	43.3%
Toshiba	6.37	-20.6%	20.82	19.0%
WDC	12.66	-1.8%	97.17	37.7%
TOTAL	33.59	-7.4%	236.69	100%