Seagate sells tens of thousands of 30TB drives

Seagate, the world's largest hard drive vendor, has sold tens of thousands of 30TB HAMR hard drives to two major cloud computing firms, totaling between $33 and $35 million. This sale marks a significant demand for HDDs despite predictions of their decline. The company recently delivered one exabyte of HAMR storage, showcasing its ongoing commitment to increasing hard drive capacities. Seagate and Western Digital are developing new magnetic recording technologies to enhance storage density, with HAMR leading the way. Seagate is also working on future technologies like HDMR, which could enable even larger drives. The firm plans to acquire Intevac, a specialist in HAMR, to accelerate production and reach its goal of 100TB drives.