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Western Digital is sold out of hard drives for all of 2026

• samueldamon 8mo ago
  discussion in yesterday's thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47045459 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47045459
  • linolevan 8mo ago
    oops! missed that
    • ChrisArchitect 8mo ago
      Yesterday, yesterday's thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47034192 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47034192
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• direwolf20 8mo ago
  So RAM isn't the only component that goes into these AI data centers?
  • naikrovek 8mo ago
    well given that this started after the RAM shortage, this feels more like surveillance-related activities, to me. but that's much more of a gut feeling than anything i have evidence to support.
    • idiotsecant 8mo ago
      It is, just not for the purpose of law enforcement. The models need a lot of data. Gotta keep it somewhere
• spirewalk 8mo ago
  The goal is to push consumers into the cloud completely.