Seagate has announced an investment of £100 million for this 5-year R&D project, which is supported by £15 million of support from Invest NI to develop its Mozaic 6+ technology. These investments will usher in the next generation of hard drive innovation to meet rising global demand for data storage capacity, driven by hyperscale data centers and the AI data boom.
On the announcement, John Morris, CTO of Seagate Technology, said: “In today’s AI-driven world, data volume isn’t just growing—the value of data is evolving as organizations rethink what it takes to train AI models and retain new, highly valuable data. To unlock data’s full potential, we need storage solutions that are not only massive in capacity but engineered for reliability, durability, and scale. That’s exactly what this investment enables. Our Northern Ireland facility is a global center of excellence, producing over a quarter of the world’s recording heads and pioneering semiconductor laser R&D—critical for next-generation hard drives. With Invest NI’s support, we’re accelerating the development of 60TB and beyond capacities, laying the foundation for achieving 100 TB drives. This project will expand our global engineering expertise and reinforce our long-standing commitment to innovation in Northern Ireland.”
Kieran Donoghue, Chief Executive at Invest NI, said: “We have worked very closely with Seagate over the past three decades and have helped the facility here evolve into a world-leading manufacturing and pioneering R&D Centre. We are delighted to support the Seagate team with this latest project and secure the development of the new recording heads and laser technology in the North West.
