OdawaraFujifilm is spending $63 million on a medium it first made in the 1950s.
Fujifilm says cloud giants are expanding tape use because it stores vast data cheaply.
Cartridges can be disconnected and stored in a vault, where ransomware cannot reach them, Fujifilm says.
The 10 billion yen investment runs through fiscal 2028, mainly to make its latest Ultrium10 tape.
How each outlet framed it
- Ars Technica
- argues tape's low cost and offline security explain its AI-era demand, with the 1950s Fujifilm history and barium ferrite lineage
Sources: Ars Technica