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BoI approves B2.3bn heat-assisted storage project for WD unit

Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 17/02/2026

» The Board of Investment (BoI) has approved a 2.3-billion-baht research and development project on heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technology for Western Digital's Thai unit, Western Digital Storage Technology (Thailand) Co (WD), with the aim of achieving hard disk drive capacities exceeding 100 terabytes (TB) by 2029.