Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand
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Fujifilm announced it will invest roughly 10 billion yen (about $63 million) to increase its LTO tape production capacity fivefold relative to fiscal year 2025 levels, at its Kanagawa Factory, Odawara site. The company attributes rising archiving demand to generative AI driving exponential data growth. The project runs from fiscal 2026 through 2028 and primarily produces the LTO Ultrium10 tape. The article notes cloud and data center operators use tape for low-cost bulk storage and air-gapped ransomware protection.
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Fujifilm announced it will invest roughly 10 billion yen (about $63 million) to increase its LTO tape production capacity fivefold relative to fiscal year 2025 levels, at its Kanagawa Factory, Odawara site. The company attributes rising archiving demand to generative AI driving exponential data growth. The project runs from fiscal 2026 through 2028 and primarily produces the LTO Ultrium10 tape. The article notes cloud and data center operators use tape for low-cost bulk storage and air-gapped ransomware protection.
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- Fujifilm will invest about 10 billion yen to raise LTO tape production capacity fivefold versus fiscal 2025.
- Fujifilm attributes the expansion to archiving demand driven by generative AI's data growth.
- The investment runs fiscal 2026 through 2028, mainly to produce the LTO Ultrium10 tape.
- Tape's air-gapping capability is cited as a defense against ransomware.
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Growing tape capacity signals that AI-driven data growth is pushing enterprises toward low-cost, offline archival storage, with implications for data center infrastructure planning and backup security.
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