Nvidia warns customers of 15%+ AI server price hikes amid memory shortage
emmanuelvivier · x · 2026-10-18
Nvidia has notified customers that AI server prices will rise by more than 15%, as the ongoing memory shortage directly inflates the cost of training infrastructure — a clear signal that the DRAM/HBM crunch is propagating into the AI compute supply chain and data-center budgets.
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