Fujifilm has confirmed that its new LTO Ultrium 10 data cartridges with 40TB native capacity will begin shipping in January 2026, turning the highest-capacity tier of the LTO-10 generation into a commercially available product. The cartridges offer up to 100TB of capacity with compression and are designed to operate in the same LTO-10 drives already deployed for earlier 30TB media.
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