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RAM is so expensive that stores are selling it at market prices (www.pcworld.com)
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Generative “AI” data centers are gobbling up trillions of dollars in capital, not to mention heating up the planet like a microwave. As a result there’s a capacity crunch on memory production, shooting the prices for RAM sky high, over 100 percent in the last few months alone. Multiple stores are tired of adjusting the prices day to day, and won’t even display them. You find out how much it costs at checkout.

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[–] Artisian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Which feels to me like terrible policies still. Make big projects pay their costs please!

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's a bit different in this case.

The responsibility of providing electricity falls onto the nearby power plant, which then also has to increase their production.
But the maker of the new electricity consumer does not need to pay for the capital or anything else really, apart from the electrical rates (and some minimal fixed rates) that they are using.

Some governments are coming up with interesting, seemingly effective regulations, though.

[–] Koarnine@pawb.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What type of regulations are we talking, or at least which country's?

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 1 hour ago

I tried to look for the post but somehow wasn't able to find it (I thought I commented on it).
I don't remember the place, but a part of the policy was that data centers must pay 85% of their projected energy usage.

Here, found an article: https://www.ehn.org/ohio-regulators-make-tech-companies-pay-more-for-energy-hungry-data-centers