New report warns AI data center boom squeezes memory-chip supply, could raise everyday tech costs

FIRST ON FOX: A new policy report warns that the AI data center boom could drive up the cost of laptops, smartphones, cars and other everyday products as chipmakers shift scarce memory-chip capacity toward more profitable AI applications.The report, published by the Abundance Institute and first viewed by Fox News Digital, says manufacturers are shifting capacity toward high-bandwidth memory, or HBM, for AI data centers, constraining the supply of conventional DRAM used in consumer devices. To address the growing affordability concern, the report argues that Washington should avoid new tariffs...

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