RAM shortage spreads: HDDs may soon be in short supply

[Redaktion]

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

[The Werewolf]

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.