LTO Capacity Shipments Grow 57% YOY in Q1 2026 as AI and Archive Demand Accelerates

SILICON VALLEY, Calif., September 01, 2026--The LTO Program Technology Provider Companies (TPCs), Hewlett Packard Enterprise, International Business Machines Corporation, and Quantum Corporation, today released their annual tape media shipment report, marking a pivotal year for the format as a new generation of higher-capacity media arrives to meet unrelenting growth in enterprise data. The continued strength of LTO-9 media shipments combined with the introduction and early ramp of LTO-10 techno