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Nvidia customers notified about AI-related price hikes above 15%
Some of Nvidia Corp.’s biggest customers have been told that the prices of servers containing its artificial intelligence chips are going up more than 15% in many cases with memory chip costs soaring.
TL;DR
- Nvidia customers are facing AI server price increases exceeding 15% due to soaring memory chip costs.
- The price hikes will affect systems with flagship chips like Vera Rubin and Grace Blackwell, impacting servers shipped early next year.
- The increased costs highlight the significant leverage held by memory chip makers (Samsung, SK Hynix, Micron) amid high demand for AI infrastructure.
- Server manufacturers building for major data center operators like Microsoft, Google, and Oracle have notified their customers of the forthcoming increases.
- Nvidia, despite its profitability and dominant market position, is unable to absorb these growing costs.
- The price increases may complicate the industry's AI data center build-out ambitions, which already face project delays and other challenges.