Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) (NASDAQ:WDC) is a leading provider of data storage solutions headquartered in San Jose, California. Since its founding in 1970, the company has evolved from a maker of discrete logic products and computer memory to a diversified global technology enterprise. Western Digital designs, manufactures and sells hard disk drives (HDDs), solid state drives (SSDs), flash memory cards, and USB flash drives under brands such as WD, SanDisk and G-Technology.
The company’s portfolio spans consumer, professional and enterprise markets. In the consumer segment, Western Digital offers portable and desktop external drives, high-performance SSDs for gaming and creative workloads, and removable media ranging from microSD cards to USB flash drives. On the enterprise side, it supplies cloud service providers, hyperscale data centers and business customers with high-capacity HDDs, NVMe SSDs and software-defined storage platforms engineered for reliability, speed and energy efficiency.
Operating in more than 100 countries, Western Digital maintains manufacturing and research facilities across North America, Asia and Europe, with major production sites in Malaysia, Thailand and China. The company collaborates with OEMs, system integrators and channel partners to embed storage solutions into PCs, networking equipment, surveillance systems, automotive infotainment products and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Its global footprint supports a diverse customer base that includes consumers, enterprises, original equipment manufacturers and cloud infrastructure firms.
Leadership at Western Digital emphasizes innovation and strategic growth through research and development, as well as targeted acquisitions. In 2016, the company completed the acquisition of SanDisk Corporation, significantly enhancing its flash memory capabilities and bolstering its position in non-volatile memory technologies. Under the guidance of its executive team, Western Digital continues to invest in next-generation storage architectures, emerging memory technologies and software solutions designed to address the exponential growth of data in an increasingly digital world.
