# Fujifilm to expand LTO tape production fivefold amid storage demand

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/tape-is-so-not-dead-that-fujifilm-will-increase-production-capacity-5x/
- Published: 2026-10-29T03:34:32+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T05:47:36+00:00
- Original publisher: The Register
- Original article: https://www.theregister.com/storage/2026/10/29/tape-is-so-not-dead-that-fujifilm-will-increase-production-capacity-5x/5306189
- Topics: AI, Technology

## Key points

- Fujifilm plans a fivefold increase in LTO production capacity.
- It will invest ¥10 billion in its Odawara plant over two years.
- LTO shipments fell in 2025, but the programme forecasts a record in 2026.

## Summary

Fujifilm plans to increase production capacity for Linear Tape-Open (LTO) products fivefold, investing ¥10 billion (about $64 million) over two years to expand its Odawara plant in Japan. The move reflects confidence that growing demand for AI and cloud data storage will support tape, despite lower cartridge shipments in 2025.

Buyers purchased 160.3 exabytes of LTO capacity in 2025, down from a record 176.5 exabytes in 2024; the LTO Program cited difficult economic conditions but said sales strengthened in the second half and forecast a record in 2026. Fujifilm will expand production of LTO-10 cartridges, which hold 30TB or 40TB natively and transfer data at 400 MB/s. Future generations are planned to reach 70TB with LTO-11, expected around 2029, and 365TB with LTO-14.

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