Customer Narrative on Hard Drives Bodes Well for Western Digital (WDC)

Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ:WDC) is one of the 11 best computer hardware stocks to buy for the long term. On March 3, CEO & Director Tiang Yew Tan spoke at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference 2026, highlighting a structural shift in how customers perceive the value of data and storage. He attributed this to the expansion of artificial intelligence capabilities and the persistent secular growth within the cloud. Sergiy Zavgorodny/Shutterstock.com Tan believes that customers no lo ...