• BassTurd@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    If there is a demand for ram, which there is in the consumer market, then it shouldn’t be a risk. If DCs get cancelled, then they should have contracts in place for at least a minimum buy, which should offset cost risk. If they don’t have that, then that’s just shitty business. Even still, they can just as easily slow down production if needed. If the bubble pops, either they’ll have inventory that the world will buy and they can throttle back prod, or they don’t have inventory and they will have to throttle prod anyway since demand for DCs as a whole has to be more than just the consumer market.

    Idk, it’s probably just the cynic in me, but I think it’s likely this is just manipulation of the prices, especially given the history of these companies doing just that.

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      6 hours ago

      They definitely have contracts that ensure the ai companies buy the ordered amount.

      However building new production factories is expensive as fuck. They know they need to do that. But why buy a factory for billions and sell RAM at a lower price when you just don’t spend billions and earn even more with less RAM

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        5 hours ago

        Because if you don’t do everything possible to continuously improve your business, others may catch up with you

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          5 hours ago

          Hah. That’s the point where a good cartel comes in and ensures that this is not the case.