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Large language models such as ChatGPT and Claude are so resource-hungry that tech companies may be purchasing 70 percent of the world’s supply of high-end computer memory, causing a shortage. As a result, the prices of computer memory and storage are skyrocketing: Hard drives that I bought for my reporting two years ago for $350 each were $800 when I checked two weeks ago, and are now out of stock. The prices of some laptops have gone up as much as 50 percent, and low-cost computers are being hit the hardest. Affordable entry-level computers may “disappear by 2028” according to one forecast. And the memory shortage is expected to continue for years.\n\nThe memory is being put into data centers, which tech firms are expanding at incredible speed. They are planning to multiply total U.S.-data-center capacity by a factor of eight over the next few years. The demand for electricity at these sites is already so great that some companies are  to power them.\n\nThe problem is not simply that AI is being deployed so widely or quickly. Other computer technologies have seen similarly massive growth without triggering such a large spike in electricity or a shortage of computer components: Video and music are now streamed around the globe, accounting for many",{"title":29,"url":30,"domain":31,"snippet":32,"content":33},"Apple Hikes iPhone, Watch, AirPods Prices in Japan as Memory Crunch Spreads","https:\u002F\u002Ffinance.biggo.com\u002Fnews\u002F65b8e187-7756-4d8d-b817-1f674267d708","finance.biggo.com","Apple raised prices across its iPhone 17, Apple Watch, and AirPods lineups in Japan on July 18, extending a wave of hardware price hikes triggered by…",null,{"title":35,"url":36,"domain":37,"snippet":38,"content":33},"AI Hardware, App Store Shifts, and Security Scares Define This Week in Tech","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.techrepublic.com\u002Farticle\u002Fai-hardware-app-store-shifts-and-security-scares-define-this-week-in-tech\u002F","techrepublic.com","Catch up on the week's biggest tech news, including Google's app store shakeup, Apple's AI expansion, OpenAI's hardware plans, and critical security...",{"title":40,"url":41,"domain":42,"snippet":43,"content":33},"Due to shortages of DRAM and NAND, global smartphone shipments are projected to fall 11% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2026, the lowest level since 2013.","https:\u002F\u002Fgigazine.net\u002Fgsc_news\u002Fen\u002F20260714-2026-q2-global-smartphone-shipments-lowest-13-years\u002F","gigazine.net","The worsening shortage of. 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