AI Datacenters Putting Pressure on PC and Server Prices

The hype surrounding AI is inescapable these days. It seems that everyone is working to integrate AI into every technology product on the market and these AI models require vast amounts of memory and storage to run complex calculations and process huge datasets in real-time.

AI Datacenters are springing up at an incredible pace to fill this demand, and they have an insatiable appetite for high-performance components. RAM, especially the high-bandwidth, high-capacity modules, are experiencing enormous demand for use in the ever-expanding universe of AI models. Similarly, SSDs (Solid State Drives) are critical for the lightning-fast data access that AI workloads demand. As manufacturers prioritize large data center orders, we are seeing lead times and prices climb for servers and end user computers.

In the last two years, many firms have prioritized system replacements for two popular Microsoft products. Windows 10 desktop went End-of-Life last year, spurring many organizations to replace large numbers of end user machines. Prior to that, Windows Server 2012 went End-of-Life, pushing many firms to replace aging servers.

If you were an MTSi managed services customer in 2024 or 2025, you were well aware of the deadlines related to Windows 10 and Windows Server 2012. This means you had time to plan to replace these systems well in advance of the systems going out of support.

If you still haven’t replaced these systems, you might be feeling pressure from leadership or your cyber insurance carrier to remediate the risk of the EOL systems. When you begin pricing systems, you’ll notice that prices are going up. We expect prices to continue to rise through 2026 and into 2027, but there is help. At MTSi we partner with multiple computer manufacturers and distributors, which means we can find available products at the best possible pricing.

Reach out to our sales team to talk about a systems lifecycle that will serve you  well into the future.