TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoHard drives on backorder for two years as AI data centers trigger HDD shortage — delays forcing rapid transition to QLC SSDswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square122linkfedilinkarrow-up1407arrow-down15
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minus-squareplyth@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoThink about all the HDDs that they will sell for cheap in 5 years.
minus-squareBababasti@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThat might be a silver lining, but I also see a high possibility of companies just throwing everything onto a big pile of garbage or shipping it to fuck knows where instead of dealing with the hassle of reselling their no longer needed assets.
minus-squarebthest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoWill they even by allowed by the contracts to resell them?
Think about all the HDDs that they will sell for cheap in 5 years.
That might be a silver lining, but I also see a high possibility of companies just throwing everything onto a big pile of garbage or shipping it to fuck knows where instead of dealing with the hassle of reselling their no longer needed assets.
Will they even by allowed by the contracts to resell them?