In the first half of 2026, RAM prices for servers and storage devices will continue to rise. In terms of individual products, this has tripled since the end of last year, which is related to the artificial intelligence boom, so production is mainly refocused on meeting the needs of artificial intelligence data centers.
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according to “Kommersant”» Referring to MWS Cloud data, the prices of DDR4 and DDR5 RAM for servers will increase by approximately 25% and 100% respectively in the first half of 2026. For example, the price of a 64GB Samsung module increased from 90,000 rubles to 110,000 rubles, the price of a 32GB Samsung module increased from 80,000 rubles to 160,000 rubles, and the price of some SSD drives tripled.
Processor prices also increased during this period. For example, the price of Intel Xeon 4310 increased from 45,000 rubles to 70,000 rubles, and the average price of Intel Xeon 6434 increased from 190,000 rubles to 210,000 rubles.
According to Marvel Distribution estimates, the total storage media market volume will reach 7-8.5 million units and 120-160 billion rubles in the first half of 2026. The company reported that server memory prices have increased most significantly, while PC memory prices have increased by approximately 50-150%.
Nadezhda Medvedeva, deputy director of OCS Parts Department, said that in the first half of 2026, unit sales of server SSDs increased by 20% compared with the same period last year. At the same time, SSD demand will exceed HBM demand for the first time in 2026. Hard drive sales fell 5% during the same period. Medvedeva pointed out that the boom in artificial intelligence has promoted the growth of SSD demand.
Nikita Korablev, head of the Astra Xplatform division of Astra Group, said that since the end of 2025, DDR5 server module prices have increased by one and a half to three times, and have increased by two to three times compared with the lowest price in the summer of 2025. Enterprise SSD prices have increased by 50-80%.
Baikal Electronics CEO Andrey Evdokimov pointed out that the growth in global HBM demand has led to a shortage of traditional memory. Major memory manufacturers such as Micron and SK Hynix focus on producing HBM for orders from Nvidia and other AI companies.
“About half of the market expects infrastructure costs to rise further over the next 12 months,” – MTS Web Services CEO Pavel Voronin said, citing the company’s own data. He noted that about a third of companies have experienced price increases for RAM and graphics accelerators. In this regard, cloud services and hybrid models that do not require enterprises to invest in infrastructure are becoming increasingly popular.
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