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AI infrastructure is squeezing the people trying to preserve the internet
Archivists say the AI data center boom has driven up hard-drive and storage prices, making it more expensive and harder for groups like the Internet Archive and Wikimedia to preserve digital history.
Key Takeaways
- Archivists say storage prices have surged amid the AI data center boom.
- The Internet Archive says preferred 28-30TB drives are scarce or unusually expensive.
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