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① Several equipment leasing providers indicated that compared to the price increases of upstream hardware components such as memory and graphics cards, rental prices for consumer electronics have not risen as significantly, with some products seeing price hikes of approximately 5%. ② Industry insiders revealed that amid rising hardware prices, some suppliers opt to disassemble and directly sell components like graphics cards and memory modules. Many small and medium-sized equipment lessors also sell parts or entire devices to quickly generate cash, planning to repurchase them once prices decline in the future.

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NVIDIA targets the power provider behind OpenAI’s 'Stargate,' investing $3 billion for a direct stake

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