Strengthening scalable, secure storage foundations for India’s AI and hyperscale expansion

SAMEER BHATIA
SENIOR REGIONAL DIRECTOR - INDIA, MIDDLE EAST, TURKEY AND AFRICA, SEAGATE

“As India accelerates AI adoption and hyperscale data centre expansion, Seagate is enabling this growth through sustained innovation in storage density, security and long-term data stewardship. AI workloads are fundamentally reshaping infrastructure requirements by driving exponential data creation, increasingly complex models and longer data lifecycles. This evolution demands massive, cost-efficient storage architectures that scale intelligently while preserving data as a durable, high-value asset.

To support this shift, we are advancing higher-density storage technologies, including next- generation innovations such as Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) — now in volume production — paving the way for multi-terabyte capacity growth beyond 10TB per disk. By increasing capacity per disk and embedding data integrity and security at the foundation, we enable data centre operators, cloud providers and channel partners to support larger AI models and expanding data assets while addressing power, footprint and operational complexity. Integrating drive-level security and intelligent software allows enterprises and cloud providers to deploy AI-ready infrastructure that balances performance, capacity, resilience and economics, delivering superior value per terabyte across the data lifecycle as AI environments scale in sophistication and intensity.

India is well positioned to play an increasingly important role in the global AI and data centre value chain over the next decade. Rapid digital adoption, expanding cloud and edge footprints, and sustained investment momentum are moving the country beyond a consumption market toward becoming a strategic hub for innovation and engineering. Collaboration with cloud service providers, system integrators and policymakers enables the development of scalable architectures while supporting AI adoption across cloud, edge and enterprise environments. For the channel ecosystem, these partnerships create opportunities to deliver integrated AI-ready platforms tailored to diverse customer requirements, enabling faster response to rising demand and accelerating deployment across sectors.

Seagate remains committed to advancing innovation along a long-term roadmap that balances today’s operational priorities with the evolving requirements of future AI and hyperscale workloads. Through continued focus on high-density storage technologies, integrated security and sustainable infrastructure design, we empower enterprises and partners to unlock the intrinsic value of data while building resilient, scalable and economically viable AI-ready data centre ecosystems for sustained growth.”