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02 Sep 2026, 9:34 AM	The Register	3.0	Tape still isn’t dead, but shipments slipped by 16 exabytes in 2025 LTO tape shipments fell 16 exabytes (9%) in 2025 to 160.3 EB, down from 2024's record 176.5 EB, with analyst Tom Coughlin blaming trade uncertainty for cautious purchasing. Q1 2026 shipments rebounded 57% YoY, driven partly by a new 40TB cartridge compatible with existing 30TB-capable drives. Why: Unless you operate cold-storage or archival infrastructure, this has no direct impact on what you ship. The one angle worth noting: tape's low power consumption is being pitched as a datacenter advantage as power constraints bite, which could matter for teams evaluating long-term storage costs for large AI training datasets or compliance archives. storage lto-tape infrastructure

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02 Sep 2026, 9:34 AM

The Register

3.0

Tape still isn’t dead, but shipments slipped by 16 exabytes in 2025

LTO tape shipments fell 16 exabytes (9%) in 2025 to 160.3 EB, down from 2024's record 176.5 EB, with analyst Tom Coughlin blaming trade uncertainty for cautious purchasing. Q1 2026 shipments rebounded 57% YoY, driven partly by a new 40TB cartridge compatible with existing 30TB-capable drives.

Why: Unless you operate cold-storage or archival infrastructure, this has no direct impact on what you ship. The one angle worth noting: tape's low power consumption is being pitched as a datacenter advantage as power constraints bite, which could matter for teams evaluating long-term storage costs for large AI training datasets or compliance archives.