AI Infrastructure Bottlenecks Shift to Supply Chain as DDR5 Shortage Worsens
As AI infrastructure expands, physical supply chains have become the primary bottleneck, with 35 out of 54 tracked constraints under severe tension. DDR5 DRAM has emerged as the most critical shortage, surpassing HBM, with Morgan Stanley projecting at least a 25% price surge for data center memory from Q2 to Q3.
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