Tape is so not dead that Fujifilm will increase production capacity 5x
What's happening
Fujifilm is planning to increase production capacity for 100TB magnetic storage tapes by 5x, backed by a $63 million investment, its biggest injection into tape in 20 years. The move is being driven by rising AI storage and archiving demand, with proponents citing low costs and offline security as reasons tape remains relevant. Coverage frames the expansion as a direct response to AI workloads creating massive cold-storage needs.
Why it's trending
AI training and inference are creating huge, inexpensive cold-storage demand right now, so tape capacity is being rapidly expanded.
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Everyone says 'cloud or nothing' but Fujifilm just bet $63M and a 5x tape ramp on the opposite case: offline, ultra-cheap 100TB cartridges for AI archives.
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Original sources3
- Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand
Low costs and offline security mean magnetic tape still has a job.
Ars Technica AIOct 30 - Fujifilm plans 5x production boost of 100TB magnetic storage tapes driven by skyrocketing AI storage demand — $63 million injection is the largest investment in tape for 20 yearsr/artificialOct 29
- Tape is so not dead that Fujifilm will increase production capacity 5xThe RegisterOct 29
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