- Seagate quietly places its larger capacity hard drive into normal retail circulation
- 32TB hard drive now sold outside of company-controlled distribution channels
- Japan has become the first confirmed retail market for Seagate 32TB hard drives
A 32TB Seagate hard drive has appeared in Japanese retail chains – without any prior public announcement from the company.
The model, designated ST32000NT000, has been captured and listed by retailers in Akihabara, confirming its availability from December 27, 2025.
With a list price of 138,160 yen (approximately $887), the drive is both the highest capacity consumer hard drive and one of the most expensive NAS-oriented hard drives currently sold in stores.
Seagate’s biggest hard drive hits retail
This sighting represents the first confirmed case of a 32TB hard drive being offered directly at retail rather than through company-controlled supply chains.
The ST32000NT000 is part of Seagate’s IronWolf Pro series, designed for continuous operation in professional and enterprise NAS environments.
This sets it apart from the company’s Exos series, which has historically been used to introduce its higher capacity drives.
Seagate introduced a 30TB Exos model almost two years ago, followed by a 32TB Exos M drive about a year later.
The IronWolf Pro brand suggests a shift toward providing extreme capacity outside of strictly data center-focused product lines.
Technically, the drive follows the familiar design parameters of high-capacity 3.5-inch hard drives.
It uses a SATA 6Gb/s interface and operates at a rotational speed of 7,200 rpm, backed by a 512MB cache.
Seagate lists a maximum sustained transfer rate of 285 MB/s, with an average operating power consumption of 8.3 watts.
These features align closely with existing high-capacity NAS drives, indicating that the main advancement here is storage density rather than raw performance gains.
Discreet deployment and premium pricing imply limited availability and a narrow target audience.
This release looks less like a broad consumer push and more like a cautious expansion of high-density storage into NAS-focused product tiers.
Seagate likely moved its larger capacity mechanical storage to standard sales channels without marketing or technical briefings.
Whether this device will be available for purchase outside of Japan remains to be seen – we’ll keep an eye on the future.
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