According to Taiwan tech publication DigiTimes, most AI firms are unwilling to wait two years for HDD supplies to stabilize and are shifting to SSDs instead. To contain costs, they are choosing QLC NAND-based drives over the faster, more durable, and more expensive TLC variants.
It’s an old saying, longer version I know is:
“Saddest thing in the world is a cat scratching at the window because it used to be an inside cat.”