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affecting consumer goods like computers and cellphones and cars and medical devices))
Add water to the list of things AI is sucking up.
Yahoo Finance, 11/19/25
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/first-it-was-gpus-and-electricity-now-ai-is-eating-up-the-memory-industry-190921764.html
. . . The AI data center explosion has set off worries about overbuilding, environmental concerns about water usage, and increased energy prices. And now you can add a steep rise in the cost of important computer components to the list.
It's not just PC buyers who are feeling the sting, either. Everything from smartphones to cars to medical equipment could be impacted by the dearth of memory chips.
According to Reuters, Samsung has increased the prices of some memory by as much as 60%. Enthusiast site PCPartPicker, which tracks the prices of various memory sticks, shows the cost of some memory climbing from $100 to more than $250.
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It's not just PC buyers who are feeling the sting, either. Everything from smartphones to cars to medical equipment could be impacted by the dearth of memory chips.
According to Reuters, Samsung has increased the prices of some memory by as much as 60%. Enthusiast site PCPartPicker, which tracks the prices of various memory sticks, shows the cost of some memory climbing from $100 to more than $250.
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Some more cheery news from AI world.
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