The Outpost is a comprehensive collection of curated artificial intelligence software tools that cater to the needs of small business owners, bloggers, artists, musicians, entrepreneurs, marketers, writers, and researchers.
© 2025 TheOutpost.AI All rights reserved
Curated by THEOUTPOST
On Tue, 14 Jan, 4:03 PM UTC
5 Sources
[1]
AI-Driven Data Creation to Spur Next-Wave Cloud Storage Growth, According to New Survey Commissioned by Seagate
Sixty-one percent of respondents expect their organization's cloud-based storage - underpinned by hard drives - will increase by more than 100% by 2028 According to a recent, global Recon Analytics survey commissioned by Seagate Technology, business leaders from across 15 industry sectors and 10 countries expect that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) applications will generate unprecedented volumes of data, driving a boom in demand for data storage, in particular cloud-based storage. With hard drives delivering scalability relative to terabyte-per-dollar cost efficiencies, cloud service providers rely on hard drives to store mass quantities of data. Recently, analyst firm IDC estimated that 89% of data stored by leading cloud service providers is stored on hard drives. Now, according to this Recon Analytics study, nearly two-thirds of respondents (61%) from companies that use cloud as their leading storage medium expect their cloud-based storage to grow by more than 100% over the next 3 years. "The survey results generally point to a coming surge in demand for data storage, with hard drives emerging as the clear winner," remarked Roger Entner, founder and lead analyst of Recon Analytics. "When you consider that the business leaders we surveyed intend to store more and more of this AI-driven data in the cloud, it appears that cloud services are well-positioned to ride a second growth wave." Key Findings: Survey results substantiate a trend toward organizations retaining data for longer periods of time to ensure data integrity needed to optimally train AI models. In order for AI innovation and adoption to continue, AI results and outcomes need to become increasingly accurate. "Trustworthy AI is really the key to enabling mainstream adoption of AI," said BS Teh, Chief Commercial Officer of Seagate. "With the vast majority of survey respondents saying they need to store data for longer periods of time to improve quality outcomes of AI, we're focused on areal density innovation needed to increase storage capacity for each platter in our HAMR-based hard drives. We have a clear pathway to more than double per-platter storage capacity over the next few years." To view the comprehensive survey results and analysis, visit Recon Analytics. About Seagate Technology Seagate is a leader in mass-capacity data storage. We've delivered more than four and a half billion terabytes of capacity over the past four decades. We make storage that scales, bringing trust and integrity to innovations that depend on data. In an era of unprecedented creation, Seagate stores infinite potential. To learn more about how Seagate leads storage innovation, visit www.seagate.com and our blog, or follow us on X, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube. ©2025 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Seagate, Seagate Technology, and the Spiral logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. The November 2024 survey sampled more than 1,000 business decision-makers who actively work in a storage infrastructure role with companies reporting $10+ million in annual revenue and that have already adopted AI or plan to adopt AI within the next three years. The survey results provide insights on the current impacts of AI application usage on infrastructure priorities as well as data retention and management dynamics. Results also explore respondents' expectations for how increased AI adoption will impact infrastructure needs over the next three years. According to the 2024 IDC Cloud Infrastructure Index report.
[2]
AI-Driven Data Creation to Spur Next-Wave Cloud Storage Growth, According to New Survey Commissioned by Seagate | Seagate US
Sixty-one percent of respondents expect their organization's cloud-based storage - underpinned by hard drives - will increase by more than 100% by 2028 - According to a recent, global Recon Analytics survey1 commissioned by , business leaders from across 15 industry sectors and 10 countries expect that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) applications will generate unprecedented volumes of data, driving a boom in demand for data storage, in particular cloud-based storage. With hard drives delivering scalability relative to terabyte-per-dollar cost efficiencies, cloud service providers rely on hard drives to store mass quantities of data. Recently, analyst firm IDC estimated that 89% of data stored by leading cloud service providers is stored on hard drives2. Now, according to this Recon Analytics study, nearly two-thirds of respondents (61%) from companies that use cloud as their leading storage medium expect their cloud-based storage to grow by more than 100% over the next 3 years. "The survey results generally point to a coming surge in demand for data storage, with hard drives emerging as the clear winner," remarked , founder and lead analyst of Recon Analytics. "When you consider that the business leaders we surveyed intend to store more and more of this AI-driven data in the cloud, it appears that cloud services are well-positioned to ride a second growth wave." - 61% of respondents who predominately use cloud storage say their cloud-based storage will increase by over 100% over the next 3 years. - Storage ranks as the second most important component of AI infrastructure, with Security ranking #1. . In order of importance: Security, Storage, Data Management, Network Capacity, Compute, Regulations, LLM Viability, Energy - Of those businesses who've adopted AI technology, 90% believe longer data retention improves the quality of AI outcomes. - 88% of respondents who use AI today believe adoption of Trustworthy AI requires an increased need to store more data for longer periods of time. Survey results substantiate a trend toward organizations retaining data for longer periods of time to ensure data integrity needed to optimally train AI models. In order for AI innovation and adoption to continue, AI results and outcomes need to become increasingly accurate. "Trustworthy AI is really the key to enabling mainstream adoption of AI," said BS Teh, Chief Commercial Officer of Seagate. "With the vast majority of survey respondents saying they need to store data for longer periods of time to improve quality outcomes of AI, we're focused on areal density innovation needed to increase storage capacity for each platter in our HAMR-based hard drives. We have a clear pathway to more than double per-platter storage capacity over the next few years." To view the comprehensive survey results and analysis, visit Recon Analytics. About Seagate Technology Seagate is a leader in mass-capacity data storage. We've delivered more than four and a half billion terabytes of capacity over the past four decades. We make storage that scales, bringing trust and integrity to innovations that depend on data. In an era of unprecedented creation, Seagate stores infinite potential. To learn more about how Seagate leads storage innovation, visit www.seagate.com and our blog, or follow us on X, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube. ©2025 . All rights reserved. Seagate, , and the Spiral logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of in and/or other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
[3]
AI-Driven Data Creation to Spur Next-Wave Cloud Storage Growth, According to New Survey Commissioned by Seagate By Investing.com
Sixty-one percent of respondents expect their organization's cloud-based storage " underpinned by hard drives " will increase by more than 100% by 2028 FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to a recent, global Recon Analytics survey1 commissioned by Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:STX), business leaders from across 15 industry sectors and 10 countries expect that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) applications will generate unprecedented volumes of data, driving a boom in demand for data storage, in particular cloud-based storage. With hard drives delivering scalability relative to terabyte-per-dollar cost efficiencies, cloud service providers rely on hard drives to store mass quantities of data. Recently, analyst firm IDC estimated that 89% of data stored by leading cloud service providers is stored on hard drives2. Now, according to this Recon Analytics study, nearly two-thirds of respondents (61%) from companies that use cloud as their leading storage medium expect their cloud-based storage to grow by more than 100% over the next 3 years. The survey results generally point to a coming surge in demand for data storage, with hard drives emerging as the clear winner, remarked Roger Entner, founder and lead analyst of Recon Analytics. When you consider that the business leaders we surveyed intend to store more and more of this AI-driven data in the cloud, it appears that cloud services are well-positioned to ride a second growth wave. Key Findings: Survey results substantiate a trend toward organizations retaining data for longer periods of time to ensure data integrity needed to optimally train AI models. In order for AI innovation and adoption to continue, AI results and outcomes need to become increasingly accurate. Trustworthy AI is really the key to enabling mainstream adoption of AI, said BS Teh, Chief Commercial Officer of Seagate. With the vast majority of survey respondents saying they need to store data for longer periods of time to improve quality outcomes of AI, we're focused on areal density innovation needed to increase storage capacity for each platter in our HAMR-based hard drives. We have a clear pathway to more than double per-platter storage capacity over the next few years. To view the comprehensive survey results and analysis, visit Recon Analytics. About Seagate Technology Seagate is a leader in mass-capacity data storage. We've delivered more than four and a half billion terabytes of capacity over the past four decades. We make storage that scales, bringing trust and integrity to innovations that depend on data. In an era of unprecedented creation, Seagate stores infinite potential. To learn more about how Seagate leads storage innovation, visit www.seagate.com and our blog, or follow us on X, Facebook (NASDAQ:META), LinkedIn, and YouTube. ©2025 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Seagate, Seagate Technology, and the Spiral logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. ___ 1 The November 2024 survey sampled more than 1,000 business decision-makers who actively work in a storage infrastructure role with companies reporting $10+ million in annual revenue and that have already adopted AI or plan to adopt AI within the next three years. The survey results provide insights on the current impacts of AI application usage on infrastructure priorities as well as data retention and management dynamics. Results also explore respondents' expectations for how increased AI adoption will impact infrastructure needs over the next three years. 2 According to the 2024 IDC Cloud Infrastructure Index report.
[4]
AI-Driven Data Creation to Spur Next-Wave Cloud Storage Growth, According to New Survey Commissioned by Seagate
Sixty-one percent of respondents expect their organization's cloud-based storage - underpinned by hard drives - will increase by more than 100% by 2028 According to a recent, global Recon Analytics survey commissioned by Seagate Technology, business leaders from across 15 industry sectors and 10 countries expect that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) applications will generate unprecedented volumes of data, driving a boom in demand for data storage, in particular cloud-based storage. With hard drives delivering scalability relative to terabyte-per-dollar cost efficiencies, cloud service providers rely on hard drives to store mass quantities of data. Recently, analyst firm IDC estimated that 89% of data stored by leading cloud service providers is stored on hard drives. Now, according to this Recon Analytics study, nearly two-thirds of respondents (61%) from companies that use cloud as their leading storage medium expect their cloud-based storage to grow by more than 100% over the next 3 years. "The survey results generally point to a coming surge in demand for data storage, with hard drives emerging as the clear winner," remarked Roger Entner, founder and lead analyst of Recon Analytics. "When you consider that the business leaders we surveyed intend to store more and more of this AI-driven data in the cloud, it appears that cloud services are well-positioned to ride a second growth wave." Key Findings: 72% surveyed say they use AI today. 61% of respondents who predominately use cloud storage say their cloud-based storage will increase by over 100% over the next 3 years. Storage ranks as the second most important component of AI infrastructure, with Security ranking #1. In order of importance: Security, Storage, Data Management, Network Capacity, Compute, Regulations, LLM Viability, Energy Of those businesses who've adopted AI technology, 90% believe longer data retention improves the quality of AI outcomes. 88% of respondents who use AI today believe adoption of Trustworthy AI requires an increased need to store more data for longer periods of time. Survey results substantiate a trend toward organizations retaining data for longer periods of time to ensure data integrity needed to optimally train AI models. In order for AI innovation and adoption to continue, AI results and outcomes need to become increasingly accurate. "Trustworthy AI is really the key to enabling mainstream adoption of AI," said BS Teh, Chief Commercial Officer of Seagate. "With the vast majority of survey respondents saying they need to store data for longer periods of time to improve quality outcomes of AI, we're focused on areal density innovation needed to increase storage capacity for each platter in our HAMR-based hard drives. We have a clear pathway to more than double per-platter storage capacity over the next few years." To view the comprehensive survey results and analysis, visit Recon Analytics. About Seagate Technology  Seagate is a leader in mass-capacity data storage. We've delivered more than four and a half billion terabytes of capacity over the past four decades. We make storage that scales, bringing trust and integrity to innovations that depend on data. In an era of unprecedented creation, Seagate stores infinite potential. To learn more about how Seagate leads storage innovation, visit www.seagate.com and our blog, or follow us on X, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
[5]
AI-Driven Data Surge Set to Propel Cloud Storage Growth: Seagate Survey
According to a recent, global Recon Analytics survey commissioned by Seagate Technology, business leaders from across 15 industry sectors and 10 countries expect that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) applications will generate unprecedented volumes of data, driving a boom in demand for data storage, in particular cloud-based storage. With hard drives delivering scalability relative to terabyte-per-dollar cost efficiencies, cloud service providers rely on hard drives to store mass quantities of data. Recently, analyst firm IDC estimated that 89% of data stored by leading cloud service providers is stored on hard drives. Now, according to this Recon Analytics study, nearly two-thirds of respondents (61%) from companies that use cloud as their leading storage medium expect their cloud-based storage to grow by more than 100% over the next 3 years.
Share
Share
Copy Link
A global survey commissioned by Seagate Technology indicates that AI adoption will generate unprecedented data volumes, driving a boom in cloud-based storage demand. Business leaders expect cloud storage to more than double in the next three years.
A recent global survey commissioned by Seagate Technology has revealed that the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) applications is set to generate unprecedented volumes of data, leading to a significant boom in demand for data storage, particularly cloud-based solutions 1. The survey, conducted by Recon Analytics, sampled over 1,000 business decision-makers across 15 industry sectors and 10 countries, providing insights into the current and future impacts of AI on infrastructure priorities and data management 2.
The study reveals a striking trend: nearly two-thirds (61%) of respondents from companies that primarily use cloud storage expect their cloud-based storage to grow by more than 100% over the next three years 3. This projection aligns with the current reliance on hard drives by cloud service providers, with a recent IDC report estimating that 89% of data stored by leading cloud service providers is on hard drives 1.
The survey uncovered several critical insights:
AI adoption is widespread, with 72% of surveyed businesses already using AI technology 4.
Storage ranks as the second most important component of AI infrastructure, following security 2.
90% of AI-adopting businesses believe longer data retention improves AI outcomes 4.
88% of current AI users believe that adopting Trustworthy AI requires storing more data for longer periods 2.
Roger Entner, founder and lead analyst of Recon Analytics, commented on the findings: "The survey results generally point to a coming surge in demand for data storage, with hard drives emerging as the clear winner. When you consider that the business leaders we surveyed intend to store more and more of this AI-driven data in the cloud, it appears that cloud services are well-positioned to ride a second growth wave" 5.
BS Teh, Chief Commercial Officer of Seagate, emphasized the importance of Trustworthy AI: "With the vast majority of survey respondents saying they need to store data for longer periods of time to improve quality outcomes of AI, we're focused on areal density innovation needed to increase storage capacity for each platter in our HAMR-based hard drives. We have a clear pathway to more than double per-platter storage capacity over the next few years" 3.
Reference
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
A global survey commissioned by Seagate indicates that businesses expect their data storage needs to double within three years, primarily driven by AI and machine learning adoption. The study highlights the shift towards cloud storage and the increasing importance of data retention in AI development.
2 Sources
2 Sources
Seagate's "Decarbonizing Data" report reveals the growing sustainability challenges faced by data centers as they scale to meet AI demands, calling for a balance between cost and carbon emissions.
2 Sources
2 Sources
Seagate Technology introduces new Exos M hard drives with capacities up to 36TB, leveraging its HAMR-based Mozaic 3+ technology. This advancement aims to meet the growing storage demands of AI and cloud computing.
2 Sources
2 Sources
HPE and Nvidia announce major enhancements to their AI infrastructure offerings, including unified data platforms, new storage solutions, and expanded partnership initiatives to meet the growing demands of enterprise AI adoption.
6 Sources
6 Sources
Dell Technologies enhances its PowerStore platform to meet the demands of AI-driven data storage, focusing on performance, security, and adaptability in response to the evolving needs of enterprise IT infrastructure.
3 Sources
3 Sources
