Green Is More Than Low–Power Hard Drives
Seagate is committed to enabling sustainability while being your environmentally friendly storage technology company. Our practices have been recognized in the industry, resulting in awards such as inclusion in the annual CRN Data Center 100 list. We do this through investments and innovation unmatched in our industry:
“Seagate had already begun demanding ‘full materials disclosure’ of its suppliers, requiring them to report all the chemicals present in their products, when Apple came knocking with its new orders in 2007.” —Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek
“This has led the largest disk drive manufacturer in the world, Seagate, to create new drives that no longer use chlorine– and bromine–based chemistries. This success was largely facilitated by the company’s full material disclosure system, which allows its engineers to know the complete chemical content of their products.” — ChemSec & CPA Report: Greening Consumer Electronics
- Developing hard drives throughout our product line with technology that enables more energy–efficient storage solutions without the performance sacrifices you find with other brands of hard drives.
- Bold leadership and vision in implementing environmentally protective manufacturing practices. Rather than a reactive approach to environmental compliance, Seagate has created a proactive product development process that integrates environmental care into the entire lifecycle of its products.
- Partnering with global environmentally focused organizations to reduce our impact on the earth.
Seagate Full Materials Disclosure — Transparency Is Good for Business
Full materials disclosure is an eco–protective practice that spans all of our drive categories and provides visibility throughout the supply chain to the substances used in manufacturing hard drives. We go above and beyond what other manufacturers are willing to do, and because of this unique approach, Seagate has been recognized as a global leader in green manufacturing and production in the following reports:
Seagate Green Product Innovation
Enterprise Storage
Seagate® Pulsar®, Savvio®, Constellation® and Cheetah® enterprise drives reduce data center power and cooling by up to 92 percent with features like PowerTrim™ and on–demand PowerChoice™ technologies. Seagate Self–Encrypting Drives (SED) with instant SecureErase™ technology are available across all enterprise drive families. A single command makes data inaccessible, allowing SEDs to be securely repurposed or reused.
Desktop Storage
Seagate Barracuda® Green hard drives are the green drives that won't slow you down. The Barracuda® Green series combines industry–leading power efficiency, a 20 percent performance advantage over competitors' "green" drives, and simple Advanced Format 4K integration and upgrade capability with Seagate SmartAlign™ technology.
Notebook Storage
Seagate Momentus® hard drives are low–power by nature. Seagate Secure™ Self–Encrypting Drive models with instant SecureErase technology, which makes data inaccessible, can be securely repurposed or reused, extending the life of the drive.
Consumer Electronics Storage
With Seagate consumer electronics products, there is no compromise between performance and power while reducing your eco–footprint. The Seagate Pipeline HD® drive offers optimal performance balanced with best–in–class power savings, acoustics and drive–case temperatures.
External Storage Solutions
Seagate external storage solutions feature all of the inherent benefits of our desktop and notebook storage. Additional environmentally friendly advantages include streamlined packaging that minimizes material waste and reduces fuel costs while being 100 percent recyclable, and Energy Star–compliant AC power adaptors for low power consumption.
At Seagate, there isn’t a special category for green drives. That’s because all of our drives are green. Every hard drive is designed and built to the highest global standards of green manufacturing and packaging.
