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Tape is so not dead that Fujifilm will increase production capacity 5x

Manufacturer ramps up magnetic tape output to meet AI archival needs

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Tape is so not dead that Fujifilm will increase production capacity 5x

Fujifilm is preparing a fivefold expansion of its magnetic tape manufacturing capacity to meet rising commercial requirements. Growing demand from artificial intelligence workloads is driving renewed interest in tape for cold data retention and archival needs. The investment highlights tape storage's enduring cost and density benefits amidst surging data creation.

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This summary was written by the GPU Data Hub desk from reporting published by The Register on 29 Oct 2026, 03:34. Read the full article at the original publisher.

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