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PC Gamer
Wes Fenlon

The RAM crisis is just getting started: Micron makes the 'difficult decision' to abandon the consumer memory business to focus on supplying AI data centers

Crucial DDR5-5600 2x16GB memory modules.

Citing a "surge in demand for memory and storage" driven by AI data centers, Micron announced on Wednesday that it's made the "difficult decision to exit the Crucial consumer business in order to improve suply and support for [its] larger, strategic customers in faster-growing segments."

In other words: sorry, PC gamers, but you're no longer worth selling RAM to. The server farm next door has way more cash to burn.

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