In a statement launched Thursday, Fujifilm stated it will invest approximately 10 billion yen (about $63 million) to increase its production capability fivefold for a not likely recipient of the AI age: magnetic tape.

Fujifilm associates the rise in archiving need to the spread of generative AI, which the business mentioned is producing “rapid development” in information requires worldwide. The 5x boost in production capability will be determined versus 2025 production levels.

The financial investment in Fujifilm’s Kanagawa Factory, Odawara website will make it “the biggest financial investment Fujifilm has actually made to date in devoted LTO tape centers.” The job will range from 2026 through 2028 to money production growth and extra workers, mostly to produce the latest-generation “FUJIFILM LTO Ultrium10” tape.

Mainstream customers might have deserted tape years back, however the business world never ever did. Cloud giants count on tape to support huge chests of information. Fujifilm’s deal with magnetic tape as an information storage medium go back to the 1950s, and in 2000, the business launched its very first LTO Ultrium storage tape. In 2011, the business was the very first to commercially produce tape with barium ferrite magnetic particles, and in 2025 it debuted the LTO Ultrium10, the very first storage service in the medium to utilize what the business calls “great hybrid magnetic particles” by integrating barium ferrite with strontium ferrite tech. Each generation of tape (presently Gen 10) has actually seen significant boosts in both compressed and uncompressed storage limitations.