Fujifilm To Boost Tape Production 5x As AI Fuels Archiving Demand
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In an announcement released Thursday, Fujifilm said it will invest roughly 10 billion yen (about $63 million) to increase its production capacity fivefold for an unlikely beneficiary of the AI era: magnetic tape. Fujifilm attributes the surge in archiving demand to the spread of generative AI, which the company remarked is producing…
Fujifilm plans to significantly increase its magnetic tape production capacity, fivefold, as artificial intelligence drives up the demand for archiving data. The Japanese company attributes the surge in archiving demand to generative AI, which is causing an exponential growth in data needs worldwide. The investment of approximately 10 billion yen ($63 million) will be made at Fujifilm's Kanagawa Factory in Odawara, making it the largest investment the company has made in dedicated LTO tape facilities to date.
The project, set to run from fiscal years 2026 through 2028, will focus on manufacturing expansion and hiring additional personnel specifically for producing the latest-generation FUJIFILM LTO Ultrium10 tape. Major cloud service and data center operators are increasingly using magnetic tape due to its ability to store large data volumes at relatively low cost.
Additionally, tape backups can be easily disconnected and stored safely, providing a last defense against cyber threats such as ransomware.
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