Beijing, China, July 15, 2025 - Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:STX), a global leader in massive data storage solutions, recently announced the global shipment of 30TB capacity Seagate Galaxy (Exos®) M and Seagate IronWolf Pro (IronWolf® Pro) hard drives. The new hard drives are based on the Seagate Mozaic3+™ platform and adopt the Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) technology, meeting the growing demand for scalable and high-performance storage due to the rise of AI deployments, and helping the development of traditional enterprise infrastructure. Seagate has delivered over 1 million Mozaic hard drives, which is not only a milestone but also a decisive moment, demonstrating the strength and maturity of its breakthrough storage technology.
Melyssa Banda, Senior Vice President of Edge Storage and Services at Seagate, said: "Currently, approximately 90% of the world's data is stored in only 10 countries/regions. However, as nearly 150 countries/regions implement data sovereignty regulations and AI workloads continue to expand, the data gravity is gradually pushing the network towards the edge."Whether it is a local or private data center, or a sovereign data center, they are all leveraging AI to uncover the value of their proprietary data. Our 30TB hard drive has been specially designed to address these rapidly evolving trends, offering the capacity, efficiency and resilience necessary to support AI workloads."
Industry leaders are collaborating on fundamental changes in data management and infrastructure.
Ed Burns, Director of IDC's Hard Disk and Storage Technology Research, said: "Ultra-large-scale data centers and enterprise data centers are currently in the early stages of full-scale preparation, competing to develop AI infrastructure, resulting in a rapid increase in capital expenditures for performance-oriented hardware. Although high-capacity mechanical hard drives are usually not closely related to performance requirements such as low latency, they are key strategic assets in the AI development process and meet the demand for large-capacity storage, which is crucial for building and improving the highest-quality AI models in the current and future markets. Enterprise customers are seeking ways to increase data center density, reduce power consumption and floor space requirements, while ensuring that storage continues to meet strategic needs."
The new Galaxy Exos 30TB product from Seagate is the most densely packed hard drive in the industry today. Large-scale data centers and enterprise data center customers who are seeking the best performance and cost balance in large-capacity storage will be able to benefit from Seagate's HAMR product roadmap. Seagate's HAMR product roadmap is expected to accelerate the growth of mechanical hard drive density in the coming years.
HPE predicts that the local AI market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 90%, reaching $42 billion within three years.
NVIDIA describes its AI factory as "a reimagined data center for large-scale intelligent manufacturing", which is crucial for converting data into real-time insights throughout the entire AI lifecycle.
As AI becomes the core of business strategies, modern storage is no longer an optional feature but a fundamental requirement.
The 30TB Seagate Galaxy and Seagate Cool Wolf Pro hard drives have been released at the right time, facilitating local AI deployment.
Edge AI is no longer just a concept of the future; it is already happening. According to IDC's data, industries such as retail, manufacturing, and financial services are actively deploying edge AI for video analysis, predictive maintenance, and fraud detection. This transformation is accelerating the deployment of decoupled storage architectures, separating computing and storage to achieve a more flexible and scalable infrastructure.
The Seagate Galaxy Exos M 30TB hard drive is designed to meet the growing demand for large-capacity, low-power storage, enabling enterprises to expand storage, optimize data layout, and support real-time edge analytics without compromising performance or sustainability.
With the emergence of AI applications, local NAS systems are evolving into intelligent data centers - supporting advanced workloads such as video analysis, image recognition, retrieval enhanced generation (RAG), and edge inference. 案的需求The integration of AI, the Internet of Things, and hybrid clouds is driving the demand for large-capacity and highly-integrated NAS solutions, These solutions can manage large unstructured data sets with low latency and high throughput.
According to recent market analysis, thanks to digital transformation and the rise of AI and big data analysis, the global NAS market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of over 17% before 2034.
Dhaval Panara, the product manager of NetApp, said:
The Wizlink NAS system is increasingly being used for local AI workloads, enabling enterprises to run local AI models and utilize RAG and LLM technologies to process and analyze local datasets. By integrating Seagate CoolWolf Pro 30TB hard drives, we can provide PB-level, highly reliable storage, ensuring fast access, reliable performance, and scalable infrastructure in edge computing environments.
Evan Li, the head of GreenLink's international business, said:
As AI workloads increasingly shift to edge environments, reliable large-capacity storage becomes even more crucial for local data processing. The Seagate CoolWolf Pro 30TB hard drive provides a solid foundation for the GreenLink NAS system, offering the large-scale scalability and outstanding operational stability required for local AI applications.
