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| 02 Sep 2026, 9:24 PM | Tom's Hardware | 4.5 | Tape companies ship 160 exabytes of storage in 2025, AI data demands drive 'unprecedented data growth' — capacity shipped in Q1 2026 rose 57% YOY driven by AI, LTO‑9 momentum, and early LTO‑10 uptake
Tape storage vendors shipped 160 exabytes of capacity in 2025, with Q1 2026 capacity shipments rising 57% year-over-year, driven by AI data growth, LTO-9 momentum, and early LTO-10 adoption. The article body is mostly site navigation and membership boilerplate, so technical detail beyond the headline figures is unavailable. Why: If you are building AI pipelines or data lakes and haven't priced cold-storage tiers, the 57% YoY tape shipment surge signals that hyperscalers and enterprises are scaling archival storage aggressively for AI training data retention. Consider whether your storage architecture separates hot GPU-adjacent storage from cold tape-backed tiers, especially as LTO-10 brings higher per-cartridge capacity. |