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Western Digital Investment Highlights Growing Interest in Energy-Free Archival Storage with Decades-Long Data Durability

  • On May 12, 2025, Western Digital announced a partnership with Cerabyte aimed at accelerating the development of innovative ceramic-based technology for ultra-long-term data storage.
  • Western Digital aims to expand its product range into long-term archival storage as Cerabyte develops ceramic storage that greatly extends data lifespan and cuts costs.
  • Cerabyte employs femtosecond lasers to create QR code-like nanodot arrays on ceramic tablets that store data permanently without requiring power offline, allowing information to be accessed quickly, typically in just a few seconds.
  • Cerabyte CEO Christian Pflaum highlighted that their ceramic storage provides an essential and supplementary solution for durable data retention, enabling fast access that opens up additional revenue opportunities.
  • The partnership aims to scale commercial production and deliver permanent, cost-efficient storage solutions, positioning the technology as a sustainable alternative for cold-tier archives.
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Western Digital investment highlights growing interest in energy-free archival storage with decades-long data durability

Western Digital has invested in Cerabyte's ceramic storage system to create sustainable, immutable data solutions.

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Neither water nor high temperatures, indestructible hard drives that last thousands of years are a reality

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Strategic Investment from Western Digital in Cerabyte for Next-Gen Storage Archives

Cerabyte GmbH announced a strategic investment from Western Digital Corp. The partnership will accelerate the development of Cerabyte’s ceramic data storage technology, designed to meet the growing demand for permanent accessible long-term data storage in existing and new use cases. Next-gen active archives will combine multiple storage technologies optimizing permanent data retention and accessibility for […] The post Strategic Investment from …

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Western Digital invests in the ceramic storage company Cerabyte which claims a data storage period of 5,000 years and develops almost indestructible technology based on ceramics

Western Digital invests in the ceramic storage company Cerabyte which claims a data storage period of 5,000 years and develops almost indestructible ceramic-based technologyWestern Digital has made a strategic investment in the German start-up Cerabyte, which develops a nearly indestructible data storage technology based on ceramics. The partnership aims to accelerate the commercialization of ceramic glass material from Cerabyte, which, accordin…

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Blocks and Files broke the news in on Monday, May 12, 2025.
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