Hard Drive Shortage Due To Thailand Flooding Expected To Last 6 Months

[BlackFox]

Longer than anticipated shortages could see HDD prices rise further and affect laptops and other integrated devices in the New Year.

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[phantomferrari]

considering all that damage 6 months isnt bad at all.

[M.Beier]

As what I have heard, this is likely to impact 2.5" HDDs alot harder than 3.5".

[EniGmA1987]

Hopefully Western Digital will move a facility or two to another country, so when a flood or whatever happens again in the future they dont lose everything again.

[BababooeyHTJ]

considering all that damage 6 months isnt bad at all.

Thats what I was thinking. The damage sounds pretty horrific, I feel bad for the people living there.

[ice_chill]

I got the last box of hard drives at my PC shop in UK, once they run out I don't know what I will do, shut the business for a year or increase PC price by £150 to accommodate the new hard drive price.

[PatRaceTin]

Water coming deeper everyday in Bangkok metropolis

[Mech0z]

As what I have heard, this is likely to impact 2.5" HDDs alot harder than 3.5".

You would think that, but try to look at this link and scroll down to the graph http://www.edbpriser.dk/Product/Deta...px?pid=4406933 Week 42 price 476dkk now 1299dkk thats just insane! And I wanted to upgrade my NAS this month, but not at these prices!

[P.A.D>]

This has been known for quite a while now, why such a late posting?

[generics_user]

i find it highly disturbing that HDD manufacturers build completely level manufacturing sites in high risk areas


in my country people have to build their houses on columns if there is a high risk of floodings, it seems like they were cuttings costs when they built these factorys and now we have to pay the price for it...

[n!Cola]

good news

Western Digital has begun making hard drives again after months of halted production due to disastrous flooding in Thailand.

The data storage company said it had begun partial production of hard drives a week ahead of schedule at one of its plants in the Bang Pa-in district. This facility had been flooded since October.

Other Western Digital facilities in Bang Pa-in and Navanakorn, which were also damaged, are still being worked on at the moment and may not reopen until March of next year or later.

Read more: http://vr-zone.com/articles/western-...#ixzz1fPO9mLHU

[SoF]

got these pics around 3 or 4 weeks ago - I grabbed some 2 TB wd elements below 90€ short before prices went up sky high

[El Mano]

Hopefully Western Digital will move a facility or two to another country, so when a flood or whatever happens again in the future they dont lose everything again.

And hopefully too, perhaps WD and other western companies moving to Asia will realize that in a modern country with good infrastructures this kind of accidents tend to be less damaging.

[alfaunits]

Yes, because Japan's infrastructure is very bad, and the tsunami that caused the Fukushima havoc was a tiny gush of wind from a politicians speech

Good infrastructure is a nice bonus, but if you put it in places where seismic activity and other disasters occur regularly, you're better of just putting glass in Siberia and hoping the workers don't die from cold