Fujifilm quadruples tape production capacity to meet AI data archiving surge
Source: Slashdot: Hardware
Enterprise data centers are outpacing flash and hard drive capacity with astronomical archival needs, forcing legacy tape manufacturers into capital expansion. Fujifilm's 5x production boost signals that magnetic tape, presumed obsolete by cloud evangelists, is now critical infrastructure for storing training datasets and cold backups at scale. Tape remains the cheapest cost-per-byte for long-term storage, and AI workloads have inverted the archival market from a shrinking niche to a growth engine that justifies billion-yen factory investments.