OVHcloud Raises Prices as AI Memory Demand Reprices Non-AI Infrastructure
Memory costs 6x higher in a year. OVHcloud raising prices 40-87% because RAM suppliers pivoted to AI. Your non-AI infrastructure just got a lot more expensive.
Why it matters
AI's compute buildout is reshaping silicon economics across the board. As RAM suppliers shift capacity to high-bandwidth memory for AI workloads, non-AI server costs are spiking—a real cost signal for practitioners and a structural shift in how cloud and on-prem economics work.
The key facts
5 to knowOVHcloud raising prices September 2026: gaming servers +87%, other recent servers +40-59%
Memory cost 6x higher in June 2026 vs. June 2025 (year-over-year)
RAM suppliers shifting capacity toward high-bandwidth memory for AI
AWS repricing reserved GPU products due to cost pressures
Founder Octave Klaba cites memory shortage as driver
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Publisher excerpt: OVHcloud will raise prices from September, with 2026-edition gaming servers up 87 percent and other recent servers 40 to 59 percent. Founder Octave Klaba says memory cost six times more in June than a year earlier, as RAM suppliers shifted capacity toward high-bandwidth memory for AI. AWS, buying…