Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoHDD prices spike as AI infrastructure and China's PC push collide — hard drives record biggest price increase in eight quarters, suppliers warn pressure will continuewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1408arrow-down13
arrow-up1405arrow-down1external-linkHDD prices spike as AI infrastructure and China's PC push collide — hard drives record biggest price increase in eight quarters, suppliers warn pressure will continuewww.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square80fedilink
minus-squareipkpjersi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-215 hours agoI think that seems obvious, not conspiratorial. They want to make their services cheaper for them to run, and they want to sell them for more money, while buying up hardware so nobody else can compete with them or not depend on them.
I think that seems obvious, not conspiratorial.
They want to make their services cheaper for them to run, and they want to sell them for more money, while buying up hardware so nobody else can compete with them or not depend on them.