Can a hard drive bay be connected to the Thunderbolt port of a Mac mini M1?

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Hello,
Question about thunderbolt.
Is it possible to connect an external hard drive to the Thunderbolt port?
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You can connect a USB3 hard drive bay to the Thunderbolt port. There is no Thunderbolt support, so you can’t connect a Thunderbolt hard drive bay.