- Seagate commits 115 million pounds sterling to extend research in Northern Ireland in Mozaic and photonics
- Investment supports push for hard drives of 100 TB with new jobs and supply chains
- A partnership with Invest neither deepens university collaborations via smart nano ni consortium
Seagate is expanding its long -standing research presence in Northern Ireland with a five -year program focused on the progress of hard drive technology.
The company said that the initiative, supported by Invest Northern Ireland, will develop new registration systems based on photonics designed to push storage capacities to 100 TB.
Total funding amounts to 115 million pounds Sterling (approximately $ 135 million), represented 100 million sterling pounds from Seagate and a subsidy of 15 million pounds Sterling in Investi Ni.
The road to 100 to
The investment is centered on the Derry / Londonderry site in Seagate, one of the largest private employers in the region with more than 1,300 employees, where the work in progress on the magnetic recording technology assisted by Mozaic heat aim to put driving capacity to scale beyond 60 TB and finally at 100 TO.
John Morris, director of technology at Seagate, said: “In the current world focused on AI, the volume of data is not content to grow, the value of the data evolves as organizations rethin what it takes to form models of AI and keep new very precious data.”
The installation currently produces more than a quarter of the world’s registration leaders and plays an essential role in the laser research underlying new generation readers.
“To unlock the full potential of data, we need storage solutions that are not only massive of capacity but designed for reliability, sustainability and scale,” added Morris.
Kieran Donoghue, CEO of Invest Ni, described this decision as a continuation of a collaboration of three decades.
“Thanks to a commitment and continuous support, we have helped the installation here to evolve towards a global manufacturing and pioneer R&D center. We are delighted to support the Seagate team with this last project and to guarantee the development of new registration leaders and laser technology in the North West,” he said.
Seagate claims that the program will create new qualified R&D and production jobs, while strengthening supply chains via the local supply of materials and services.
Seagate also increases collaboration with the universities of Smart Nano or Consortium, which focuses on research and innovation in nano-photonia.
