Everybody says this is because OpenAI bought up 40% of the world's supply of DRAM. Certainly that has hugely tilted the supply and demand teeter-totter, but to me this just feels like another "because we can" by the market.
When beef is expensive, you buy chicken. There's no alternative to RAM. If you need it, you've gotta pony up.
When beef is expensive, you buy chicken. There's no alternative to RAM. If you need it, you've gotta pony up.