# Seagate and WD AI Storage Research Finds Enterprises Rank Storage Above Compute as the AI Bottleneck

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Author: Lyle Smith

Published: 2026-09-15T17:23:54Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [StorageReview.com](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/storagereview-com.md>)

Topics: [Data Infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-infrastructure.md>), [AI Infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-infrastructure.md>), [idc](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/idc.md>), [Inference](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/inference.md>), [Retrieval-Augmented Generation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/retrieval-augmented-generation.md>), [synthetic-data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/synthetic-data.md>)

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## AI overview

Seagate and WD published separate studies indicating that AI is increasing enterprise storage requirements and extending data retention. Although their headline percentages differ because they asked different questions, both reports point to storage becoming a larger part of AI infrastructure planning alongside growing archive and retrieval needs.

## Source excerpt

Seagate and WD published separate AI storage studies within days of each other; the headline numbers: Seagate says 99% of enterprises expect AI to increase their storage requirements over the next three years, while WD's IDC research puts the comparable figure at 74%. Read the fine print, and both reports land in the same directional The post Seagate and WD AI Storage Research Finds Enterprises Rank Storage Above Compute as the AI Bottleneck appeared first on StorageReview.com.