Japanese company to quintuple output of offline storage medium for critical data Magnetic tape is widely used by data center operators, financial institutions and research organizations for data backup.
Japanese company to quintuple output of offline storage medium for critical data Magnetic tape is widely used by data center operators, financial institutions and research organizations for data backup. (Photo by Yuki Nakao) TOKYO -- Fujifilm will raise production capacity for magnetic tape fivefold to meet artificial-intelligence-driven demand, marking the company's largest investment to make the data storage medium in roughly 20 years, Nikkei has learned.