Seagate Technology Holdings plc (NASDAQ: STX), a mass-capacity data storage, announced the global availability of its 30TB Exos® M and IronWolf® Pro hard drives.

These drives are built on Seagate’s Mozaic 3+™ platform and use heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technology. The new solutions are designed to meet rising demand for scalable, high-performance storage driven by AI deployments and evolving enterprise infrastructure needs.

Seagate revealed that over one million Mozaic hard drives have already been shipped. This milestone highlights the strength and maturity of the company’s advanced storage technology.

Melyssa Banda, SVP of Edge Storage and Services at Seagate, said AI workloads are reshaping global data flows and accelerating demand for efficient, high-capacity storage. She noted that Seagate’s 30TB drives address these trends by delivering capacity, efficiency, and resilience.

Industry experts agree that hyperscalers and enterprise data centers are ramping up AI infrastructure investments. Ed Burns, Research Director at IDC, stated that high-capacity HDDs are now seen as a critical asset for storing foundational data required to build high-quality AI models.

Key insights include:

• HPE forecasts the on-prem AI market will grow at a 90% CAGR, reaching $42 billion in three years.
• NVIDIA describes “AI factories” as data centers designed to transform data into intelligence at scale.

As AI adoption grows, storage modernization is becoming foundational.

Seagate’s 30TB Exos M drive is engineered to meet demand for high-capacity, energy-efficient storage. It enables real-time edge analytics and supports scalable infrastructure without compromising performance or sustainability.

The company also reported that industries like retail, manufacturing, and financial services are actively using edge AI for video analytics, fraud detection, and predictive maintenance. This shift is driving interest in disaggregated storage, which decouples compute and storage for more flexibility.

With NAS systems evolving into intelligent data hubs, Seagate’s IronWolf Pro 30TB drive is optimized for on-premise AI workloads. These include video analysis, image recognition, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).

According to recent projections, the global NAS market is expected to grow at over 17% CAGR through 2034. Digital transformation and AI-driven analytics are fueling this growth.

Dhaval Panara, Product Manager at QNAP, said QNAP NAS systems using IronWolf Pro 30TB drives enable enterprises to run local AI models and manage large datasets with speed and reliability.

Evan Li, Head of International Business at UGREEN, added that Seagate’s high-capacity drives provide the scalability and operational stability needed for AI at the edge.

Seagate continues to advance its HAMR roadmap to meet growing storage needs in AI-driven environments.

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