How Seagate and Hyve Solutions are delivering next-gen AI storage systems that scale
The AI revolution is no longer about who can build the smartest model — it’s about who can scale, govern and deliver AI at the speed of business. As data proliferates and workloads shift to the edge, the world’s most ambitious cloud builders and hyperscalers face a new challenge: how to keep data durable, accessible and cost-effective at massive scale.
Enter the partnership between Hyve Solutions and Seagate Technology. Hyve, a leader in data center system design, and Seagate are redefining what’s possible for AI infrastructure. Together, they’re delivering storage systems that don’t just keep up with the pace of AI — they set the pace.
At OCP 2025, Hyve Solutions showcased a breakthrough: rack-scale architectures powered by Seagate Mozaic drives, purpose-built to meet the real-world demands of AI, cloud and content delivery. This is more than a technology story — it’s a blueprint for how the right partnership can unlock new value for customers, partners and the industry.
Modern content delivery networks (CDNs) and AI workloads demand more than just a cache: they require real, scalable capacity near users. By deploying high-density hard drives in metro locations, Hyve Solutions enables organizations to reduce round trips to primary data centers, lower egress costs and minimize latency — all while keeping the authoritative source of truth centralized. This approach increases local catalog breadth and ensures governance and lifecycle management remain robust.
Business impact:
Hyve Solutions’ enclosures, powered by Seagate Mozaic drives, are engineered for the realities of hyperscale and edge environments. The latest Hercules2 chassis supports up to 112 drives, maximizing capacity per rack and enabling organizations to scale cleanly — whether planning by rack or by row.
These systems deliver predictable, reliable performance for demanding AI and analytics workloads. Many drives in parallel provide the sequential throughput that data lakes and pipelines require, while also supporting the mixed read patterns of real-world applications. Durability is built in, with persistent media, scalable redundancy and fast rebuild paths — ensuring that critical data remains protected and available.
Business impact:
Where access to GPUs was once the bottleneck, power and cooling are now the gating factors for scalability. Hyve Solutions’ Hercules2 supports a range of power inputs and is ready for the industry’s shift to 48V busbar distribution, moving conversion losses and heat out of the chassis. While compute racks move to liquid cooling, hard drive rows remain fan-cooled, with a clear path to liquid-ready designs as density increases.
Higher areal density in Seagate Mozaic drives means more capacity per drive, improved energy use per TB and reduced embodied carbon. Organizations track these metrics closely, as sustainability is now a core business driver.
Business impact:
Hyve Solutions’ enclosures, powered by Seagate Mozaic drives, are engineered for the realities of hyperscale and edge environments. The latest Hercules2 chassis supports up to 112 drives, maximizing capacity per rack and enabling organizations to scale cleanly — whether planning by rack or by row.
These systems deliver predictable, reliable performance for demanding AI and analytics workloads. Many drives in parallel provide the sequential throughput that data lakes and pipelines require, while also supporting the mixed read patterns of real-world applications. Durability is built in, with persistent media, scalable redundancy and fast rebuild paths — ensuring that critical data remains protected and available.
Business impact:
Where access to GPUs was once the bottleneck, power and cooling are now the gating factors for scalability. Hyve Solutions’ Hercules2 supports a range of power inputs and is ready for the industry’s shift to 48V busbar distribution, moving conversion losses and heat out of the chassis. While compute racks move to liquid cooling, hard drive rows remain fan-cooled, with a clear path to liquid-ready designs as density increases.
Higher areal density in Seagate Mozaic drives means more capacity per drive, improved energy use per TB and reduced embodied carbon. Organizations track these metrics closely, as sustainability is now a core business driver.
Business impact:
Seagate Mozaic drives deliver the areal-density headroom that raises capacity per drive and per rack, improving energy use and sustainability at fleet scale. They provide predictable behavior across large populations and support the durability outcomes AI depends on. Mozaic’s compatibility with existing stacks ensures easy integration, while offering both CMR and SMR options for maximum flexibility.
Business impact:
When AI becomes an everyday service, successful storage looks similar everywhere: dense, efficient and durable capacity foundations, with selective acceleration where it helps, and power and cooling that scale. Hard drives are the foundation that makes this possible, and designs like Hyve Solutions’ — using Seagate Mozaic drives — show how to put the pieces together in practice.
