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

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177 points pabs3 | 2 comments | 12 Nov 25 05:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.417s | source
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mchannon ◴[12 Nov 25 09:36 UTC] No.45898175[source]▶
During 1998-2000, AOL was ordering so many free trial CDs that it locked up world production, and music CDs faced 8-12 week delays. It was rumored that certain weeks there were no albums getting fabricated at all, worldwide.

I wonder if history isn’t repeating itself. AOL CDs had pretty much jumped the shark by 2000.

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1. jazzyjackson ◴[12 Nov 25 23:18 UTC] No.45908295[source]▶
That's somehow unsurprising given how many AOL CDs I saw at checkout of every grocery store
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2. dredmorbius ◴[13 Nov 25 03:06 UTC] No.45910038[source]▶
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