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Why Is RAM So Expensive Right Now?

Original: Why Is RAM So Expensive? How the AI Boom Is Raising the Price of Every Gadget You Buy

Memory prices are climbing sharply, and analysts point to the AI boom as the main culprit. Data centers building AI systems are buying up enormous quantities of RAM, tightening supply and pushing up costs for phone, laptop and gadget makers — with the higher prices expected to trickle down to consumers across the technology market.

Why now: AI data centers are consuming huge amounts of memory supply, raising RAM prices for everyday devices.

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