RAM crunch is real: 32GB VPS plans sold out as agent workloads pile on
flavioAd · x · 2026-09-13
The author tried to buy a 32GB-RAM VPS to run agents (their Mac mini is dying and a new mini PC hasn't arrived), but most providers are out of stock. The "RAM is getting more expensive and PCs harder to buy" thesis is starting to feel very real — local deployment and agent workloads may be seriously underestimated drivers of the memory crunch.
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