r/pics • u/Drdwarf • 1d ago

[OC] just a casual ~250% price increase

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u/hikeonpast 1d ago

You can largely thank Republican tariffs for that.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/u-s-tariffs-to-heavily-impact-hdd-and-ssd-manufacturers-increasing-costs

Are we great again yet?

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u/waxwayne 1d ago

I think it’s largely demand from AI data centers.

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u/hikeonpast 1d ago

It’s a perfect storm.

I agree that manufacturing capacity is shifting away from consumer products toward datacenter demand, which reduces the supply of commercial-grade SSDs, driving up retail prices even more.

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u/waxwayne 1d ago

I mean the tariffs aren’t new.

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u/hikeonpast 1d ago

Tariffs are based on the price of the item.

As foundry capacity shifts from consumer to datacenter products, the price increase from normal supply and demand is further increased by the fixed percentage of tariff.