RAM is so expensive that stores are selling it at market prices

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.

That’s according to BlueSky user Steve Lin , who snapped a photo at Central Computers, a retail chain in central California. The store cites a global shortage in memory chips causing prices to change drastically every day. “Because of this, we can’t display fixed prices on certain products at this time,” reads the sign posted in front of a case full of Corsair RAM. “If you have que