Factory/PlantSemiconductors & electronicsOverseas

Toshiba Information Equipment Philippines expands HDD production lines for nearline drives

Toshiba Information Equipment (Philippines), Inc.Binan, PhilippinesPublished Oct 3, 2026

InvestmentNot disclosed

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CompletionMar 2028

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20272028

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Toshiba Information Equipment Philippines has expanded production lines at its Laguna Technopark facility and shipped its first nearline HDDs for data centers. The company aims to approximately double total annual production capacity on a storage-capacity basis by FY2027 versus FY2025, supporting demand from generative AI and cloud services.

Project facts

Owner: Toshiba Information Equipment (Philippines), Inc.
Listing: 6502 Tokyo
Facility: Factory/Plant
Sector: Semiconductors & electronics
Location: Binan, Philippines (overseas)
Investment: Not disclosed
Scale / capacity: Approximately 2x FY2025 annual production capacity on a storage-capacity basis by FY2027
Completion: Mar 2028
Announced: Oct 2, 2026
Themes: AI-infrastructure

Figures and schedules are as announced by the company or the public body concerned; plans can change. Amounts that were not disclosed are recorded as not disclosed, never estimated.

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