AI Revives Magnetic‑Tape Archiving

Generative AI’s explosive data footprints are making cold, air‑gapped magnetic tape newly economic and strategic for cloud providers and enterprises. Major suppliers (Fujifilm) are committing large capital to scale LTO tape manufacturing, reframing tape from a legacy medium into a cybersecurity and cost‑control instrument. — If true, this shifts debates about AI infrastructure from just compute and GPUs to long‑term storage supply chains, cyber resilience (air‑gapping/ransomware), and local industrial policy around data‑media production.