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HDD prices spike as AI infrastructure and China's PC push collide — hard drives record biggest price increase in eight quarters, suppliers warn pressure will continue (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 11 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I think that seems obvious, not conspiratorial.

They want to make their services cheaper for them to run, and they want to sell them for more money, while buying up hardware so nobody else can compete with them or not depend on them.