Seagate's HAMR Validated Amidst AI Data Infrastructure Battle

The IEEE’s 2027 Cledo Brunetti Award to a team from Seagate Technology for Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) is a critical validation for a data storage technology essential to scaling the AI data infrastructure. While seemingly a routine industry accolade, this award highlights the strategic importance of ultra-high-density storage in an era where AI model and dataset sizes are growing exponentially. As rivals like Western Digital pursue alternative microwave-assisted magnetic recording (MAMR), the IEEE