https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/seagate-and-western-digital-stocks-fall-there-s-a-new-twist-to-toshiba-competition-fearsContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/seagate-and-western-digital-stocks-fall-there-s-a-new-twist-to-toshiba-competition-fearshttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/seagate-and-western-digital-stocks-fall-there-s-a-new-twist-to-toshiba-competition-fears#u111315Fri, 09 Oct 2026 07:42:17 +0000Shares of Seagate Technology and Western Digital declined on Friday following reports that rival Toshiba plans to significantly expand hard disk drive production to satisfy rising demand from artificial intelligence data centers. Seagate shares dropped 11 percent, while Western Digital shares fell 7 percent. Toshiba intends to double its hard disk drive supply to bridge a memory gap caused by artificial intelligence chips. This market reaction rattles the storage sector, which previously enjoyed high valuations driven by surging artificial intelligence data center infrastructure requirements.W