
Western Digital Corporation is a leading global data storage solutions provider, renowned for designing, manufacturing, and selling a broad range of storage devices and systems. Founded in 1970 and headquartered in San Jose, California, the company serves both consumer and enterprise markets with products such as hard disk drives (HDDs), solid-state drives (SSDs), and data center systems. With a mission to enable the world to capture, preserve, access, and transform data, Western Digital plays a critical role in powering the data-driven economy.
Employing over 60,000 people worldwide, Western Digital operates manufacturing facilities, research centers, and sales offices across multiple continents. The company owns well-known brands including WD, SanDisk, and G-Technology, catering to diverse markets from personal storage to cloud-scale data infrastructure. In recent years, Western Digital has been at the forefront of advancing storage technology, including innovations in high-capacity drives and flash memory, and has been actively investing in next-generation data storage solutions to meet the growing demands of AI, cloud computing, and edge applications.