人工智能数据中心正在催生对存储日益增长的需求，而富士胶片押注该行业最古老的技术之一在未来仍有一席之地。
AI data centres are creating a growing need for storage, and Fujifilm is betting that one of the oldest technologies in the business still has a place in the future.
这家日本公司将投资100亿日元（约合5600万欧元），将其磁带产能提高五倍。
The Japanese company will invest ¥10 billion (€56 million) to increase its magnetic tape production capacity fivefold.
这笔投资将在2026财年至2028财年之间投入富士胶片位于神奈川县小田原市的工厂。该公司计划扩大生产线并增雇工人，该目标以2025财年出货的磁带卷数为衡量标准。
The investment will go into Fujifilm’s factory in Odawara, Kanagawa, between fiscal 2026 and fiscal 2028. The company plans to expand its production lines and hire more workers, with the target measured against the volume of tape it shipped in fiscal 2025.
大部分新增产能将用于LTO Ultrium 10磁带盒，企业利用该产品进行数据备份和保留档案。富士胶片表示，这将是其迄今为止在专用LTO磁带设施上的最大一笔投资。
Most of the extra capacity will go towards LTO Ultrium 10 cartridges, used by businesses to back up data and keep archives. Fujifilm said this would be its largest investment yet in facilities dedicated to LTO tape.
磁带似乎是不太可能从人工智能热潮中受益的技术，但它比其他存储选项具有一些优势。它能够以相对较低的成本保存大量数据多年，并且磁带盒可以离线保存，从而免受勒索软件和其他基于网络的攻击。
Tape may seem an unlikely technology to benefit from the AI boom, but it has a few advantages over other storage options. It can hold large amounts of data for years at relatively low cost, and cartridges can be kept offline, out of reach of ransomware and other network-based attacks.
富士胶片表示，云服务提供商和数据中心运营商正越来越多地将其用于长期存储。
Cloud providers and data centre operators are increasingly using it for long-term storage, Fujifilm said.
富士胶片欧洲公司高级材料部高级副总裁藤井俊成（Toshinari Fujii）表示：“这项扩大数据磁带生产的大力投入，反映了保存和保护不断激增的数据量日益重要的地位。磁带可能会让人联想起盒式录音带和VHS录像带，但磁带是一项经过实践检验的技术，并且仍在不断发展。”
“This significant commitment to expand data -tape production reflects the growing importance of preserving and protecting ever -larger volumes of data. Tape may bring to mind cassette audio mixtapes and movies on VHS, but magnetic tape is a proven technology that continues to evolve, ” said Toshinari Fujii, senior vice president of the advanced materials division at Fujifilm Europe.
富士胶片表示，该公司最新的LTO磁带盒可存储高达40TB的数据，该格式的长期路线图旨在达到每个磁带盒365TB。富士胶片于2025年发布了首款LTO Ultrium 10磁带盒，随后于1月推出了40TB版本。
The company’s latest LTO cartridge stores up to 40TB, and the format’s longer-term roadmap aims to reach 365TB per cartridge, Fujifilm said. Fujifilm released its first LTO Ultrium 10 cartridges in 2025, followed by a 40TB version in January.
磁带需求并未稳步增长，2025年LTO格式的出货量下降了9%，至160.3艾字节（exabytes），低于2024年创纪录的176.5艾字节。据报道，援引LTO计划（LTO Program）的数据，磁带需求在2026年年初反弹，第一季度增长了57%。
Demand for tape has not grown steadily as shipments across the LTO format fell 9% in 2025 to 160.3 exabytes, down from a record 176.5 exabytes in 2024. They rebounded in early 2026, rising 57% in the first quarter, The reported, citing the LTO Program.
富士胶片扩大产能之际，人工智能数据中心正对内存和存储组件的供应施加压力。芯片制造商SK海力士本周表示，预计内存短缺将持续到2030年。
Fujifilm’s expansion comes as AI data centres put pressure on supplies of memory and storage components. Chipmaker SK Hynix said this week that it expects the memory shortage to continue until 2030.
富士胶片欧洲公司高级材料部高级副总裁藤井俊成表示：“在富士胶片，我们知道人工智能和数字服务只会继续加速发展。因此，具有韧性的数据基础设施不仅必须支持信息的创建和处理，还必须支持其安全存储、保存和恢复——磁带正是实现这一目标的理想、可扩展、节约成本且节能的解决方案。”
At Fujifilm, we know AI and digital services will only continue to accelerate. Therefore, resilient data infrastructure must support not only the creation and processing of information, but also its secure storage, preservation and recovery – for which tape is the ideal scalable, cost -saving, energy -efficient solution,” said Toshinari Fujii, senior vice president of the advanced materials division at Fujifilm Europe.
富士胶片自20世纪50年代以来一直在开发磁带，并于2000年推出了首款LTO磁带盒。该公司表示，根据其自身的估计，它目前占据了全球磁带市场最大份额。
Fujifilm has been developing magnetic tape since the 1950s and launched its first LTO cartridge in 2000. The company says it now holds the largest share of the global magnetic tape market, based on its own estimates.