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Stock of the Week: Seagate Technology. How an old technology found a new role in the era of artificial intelligence

Seagate Technology, a hard disk drive (HDD) manufacturer, is poised to benefit significantly from the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, even as investors initially focused on semiconductor companies. AI models generate vast amounts of data that require cost-effective, long-term storage, a role HDDs excel at compared to more expensive SSDs. Seagate's financial performance has seen a qualitative transformation, with revenue and profitability surging due to increasing demand for high-capacity drives in data centers, making it a critical infrastructure provider for the AI economy despite operating in a cyclical industry.