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Hard drives on backorder for two years as AI data centers trigger HDD shortage

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138 points pabs3 | 2 comments | 12 Nov 25 05:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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karlkloss ◴[12 Nov 25 07:05 UTC] No.45897158[source]▶
And when the AI bubble bursts, "refurbished" HDDs and GPUs will flood the market. Save your money now and be prepared.
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Nux ◴[12 Nov 25 08:39 UTC] No.45897779[source]▶
GPUs yes, but there'll be no HDDs making it alive, they'll get destroyed to protect whatever rubbish they had on.
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1. bigbuppo ◴[12 Nov 25 18:41 UTC] No.45904076[source]▶
Nah, the liquidators aren't going to care about that. Those hard drives are going to be shipped out with all your wildest porn chat bot fantasies.
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2. maerF0x0 ◴[12 Nov 25 19:14 UTC] No.45904736[source]▶
"Shredded onsite" means by the next user when they format the drive and write contents to it /s