Matthew HaugheyI had a hard drive die on a local network server but I can’t find a replacement anywhere in a nearby store and it looks like it’ll be a week or two shipped from every retailer. Is this market shortage a dumb byproduct of AI and crypto crap? Iran war?
Cory Dransfeldt 
@mathowie I think it's AI. I got a bad NAS drive a few weeks ago and the replacement doesn't come until a week or two into April.
Jason Lefkowitz@mathowie AI gold rush demand has spilled out of RAM and SSDs into spinning rust
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-data-centers-spiking-hard-drive-prices
@jalefkowit aw fuck yeah that’s it
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Michael Pusateri@mathowie If it's a slightly older drive, it can be that they just don't make it any more or they only make a few.
@cruftbox naw it’s AI farms gobbling up everything they can find
CheDN@mathowie AI is the primary culprit. https://www.pcmag.com/news/ai-demand-clears-out-western-digitals-hard-drive-supply-for-2026
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