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Data centers are now hoarding SSDs as hard drive supplies dry up (www.techspot.com)
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According to Taiwan tech publication DigiTimes, most AI firms are unwilling to wait two years for HDD supplies to stabilize and are shifting to SSDs instead. To contain costs, they are choosing QLC NAND-based drives over the faster, more durable, and more expensive TLC variants.

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[–] 25 points 8 months ago (5 children)

No. AI companies have huge storage requirements for training data. Flash storage is not cost efficient for mass storage quantities.

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  • [+] -9 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    For massive companies space is as costly as the price of the storage. Especially these AI companies don’t care much about the price of things.

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  • [–] 15 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Something tells me you’ve never worked for a massive company.

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  • [+] -9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    These aren't massive companies. They're startups. (and some branches inside of massive companies acting like startups)

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