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Memory reaches 35% of the cost of building a PC

development2026-02-25

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HP revealed memory now accounts for 35% of PC build costs, up from 18%, while Texas unseated Virginia as the world's largest datacenter market and CoreWeave raised $8.5 billion against its Meta contract.

Reported metric: 18% → 35%

Reporting date: 2026-02-25 (not necessarily the event date)

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Memory reaches 35% of the cost of building a PC
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-02-25
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-02-25-memory-35pct-of-pc-cost
Claim: HP revealed memory now accounts for 35% of PC build costs, up from 18%, while Texas unseated Virginia as the world's largest datacenter market and CoreWeave raised $8.5 billion against its Meta contract.
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- Welcome to February 25, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-february-25-2026
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