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Data centers are now hoarding SSDs as hard drive supplies dry up
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this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2026
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The silver lining in all this is that when this bubble explodes we'll probably have a glut in the supply of HDDs and SSDs, driving prices down.
Just hold any plans to upgrade your hardware for a year or two and you'll end up better of (for many it will even be a good exercise to wean oneself out of the mindless "instant gratification" impulses one is indoctrinated into by Consumer Society).
Actually no. We won't due to anti gray market policies from data centers. For example Google shreds all HDDs after their service life(5years max usually) expires. We have a net loss from the data center hardware fiasco.