Fujifilm plans to increase magnetic tape production fivefold
Ars Technica: Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand
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 "exponential growth" in data needs worldwide. The 5x increase in production capacity will be measured against fiscal year 2025 production levels. The investment in F
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Fujifilm announced an investment to increase its magnetic tape production capacity fivefold, driven by growing demand for data archiving fueled by generative AI. Cloud service and data center operators are expanding their use of magnetic tape because it offers relatively low-cost storage for large data volumes and can be physically disconnected and stored separately for security purposes. Magnetic tape provides protection against cyberattacks like ransomware by allowing data to be air-gapped offline, making it an attractive backup solution despite mainstream consumers abandoning tape decades ago.
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