News Toshiba says Europe doesn't need 24TB HDDs, withholds beefy models from region

[Admin]

Toshiba has withheld the European launch of its 24TB N300 and N300 Pro NAS hard drives despite rivals offering similar models there, citing low demand.

Toshiba says Europe doesn't need 24TB HDDs, witholds beefy models from region : Read more

 

[jp7189]

It makes sense to prioritize the highest demand regions first (every company does this to some extent). It makes less sense to publicly announce that they're snubbing a region.

 

[dalek1234]

I call BS. They are probably trying to bring as many of these HDD to the States before HDD tariffs kick in.

 

[davidmaxwaterman0]

Toshiba has withheld the European launch of its 24TB N300 and N300 Pro NAS hard drives despite rivals offering similar models there, citing low demand.

Toshiba says Europe doesn't need 24TB HDDs, witholds beefy models from region : Read more

??? The UK is in Europe.

 

[KyaraM]

Excuse me, what the hell? That is utter nonsense. As someone else said above, they want to get as many drives into the US as possible before tarifs rise even more, nothing more, nothing less. EU is one of the biggest markets for these drives, outpacing GB. This claim makes absolutely no sense. I mean, if they don't want our money, their loss I guess. Just wished the US wouldn't punish everyone else for their nonsense, be it directly or indirectly.

??? The UK is in Europe.

It indeed is; my guess is that they mean EU, not Europe. Still, Germany is a bigger market for these drives than the UK, and France is a big player when comparing between these three, too, making it even stupider. The combined EU will certainly be bigger than UK.