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Ars Technica · October 31, 2026 · On the brief until November 14, 2026

Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand

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Driving archival storage demand

Fujifilm is investing roughly 63 million dollars to increase magnetic tape manufacturing capacity fivefold by 2028. Generative AI data growth is driving cloud providers and data centers to buy more tape for low-cost storage. The investment expands physical tape supply for long-term archiving and air-gapped ransomware defense.

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Digital archiving strategies still rely on offline physical media to manage massive data volumes and block cyberattacks.

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