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English => News => Topic started by: Redaktion on February 16, 2026, 15:43:01

Title: RAM shortage spreads: HDDs may soon be in short supply
Post by: Redaktion on February 16, 2026, 15:43:01
The AI boom appears to be creating the next bottleneck. After RAM prices have already risen, hard drive prices may soon follow. Western Digital reports that its HDD production capacity for 2026 is almost fully booked.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/RAM-shortage-spreads-HDDs-may-soon-be-in-short-supply.1227566.0.html
Title: Re: RAM shortage spreads: HDDs may soon be in short supply
Post by: The Werewolf on February 16, 2026, 21:51:25
Easy way to fix this: stop using cloud-based AI services.
If no one is using it, it will become too expensive to support and collapse.
Besides, just from a security and safety perspective, you should be running it locally anyway, which means shifting the demand for memory, GPUs SSDs and HDs back to the consumer.