Fujifilm to boost 100TB tape production 5x with $63M, its biggest tape bet in 20 years, on AI demand
ControlCAD · reddit · 2026-10-30
Fujifilm will boost production of 100TB magnetic storage tapes fivefold with a $63 million injection — its largest tape investment in 20 years — as AI-era storage demand skyrockets, Tom's Hardware reports. Cold archival tape is seeing renewed relevance as AI training data and archives balloon.
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