Western Digital is sold out of hard drives for all of 2026tomshardware.com 54 pointslinolevan6 months ago7 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−spirewalk6moThe goal is to push consumers into the cloud completely.−direwolf206moSo RAM isn't the only component that goes into these AI data centers?−naikrovek6mowell given that this started after the RAM shortage, this feels more like surveillance-related activities, to me.but that's much more of a gut feeling than anything i have evidence to support.−idiotsecant6moIt is, just not for the purpose of law enforcement. The models need a lot of data. Gotta keep it somewhere−samueldamon6modiscussion in yesterday's thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47045459−linolevanOP6mooops! missed that−ChrisArchitect6moYesterday, yesterday's thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47034192
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The goal is to push consumers into the cloud completely.
So RAM isn't the only component that goes into these AI data centers?
well given that this started after the RAM shortage, this feels more like surveillance-related activities, to me.
but that's much more of a gut feeling than anything i have evidence to support.
It is, just not for the purpose of law enforcement. The models need a lot of data. Gotta keep it somewhere
discussion in yesterday's thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47045459
oops! missed that
Yesterday, yesterday's thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47034192