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LL Leo Laporte Leo Laporte Broadcaster who has hosted technology talk shows since the 1990s, including stints on TechTV and G4, and founder of the TWiT podcast network.

“I just want you to remember that I said this on Veterans Day 2026. In one year, you're going to be amazed how cheap RAM is. Because none of these data centers are going to get built.”

Intelligent Machines (Audio) · Tech Strategy & Big Tech · November 2026

“I just want you to remember that I said this on Veterans Day 2026. In one year, you're going to be amazed how cheap RAM is. Because none of these data centers are going to get built.” — Leo Laporte, Intelligent Machines (Audio)

Context

The conversation had drifted to rising hardware prices. Leo made a dated prediction that the backlash against data centers will leave a glut of memory, reversing the current RAM shortage.

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Intelligent Machines (Audio) Around 2:01:37 into the episode
Jeff Jarvis

For my day-to-day, no. I have a browser. It's all I need. Do I wish I could play with the things that you play with at a more amateur level? Yeah. And there I need a real computer.

Paris Martineau

Well, they're only getting more expensive. Although maybe eventually they'll get less expensive.

Leo Laporte

I want you to remember that I said this November 11th. Happy Veterans Day, by the way, 1111. Thank you to all who have served.

Paris Martineau

Thank you.

Leo Laporte

I just want you to remember that I said this on Veterans Day 2026. In one year, you're going to be amazed how cheap RAM is. Because none of these data centers are going to get built. All these companies who have said, oh, no, we can't give you the RAM. We've got commitments from NVIDIA and…

Jeff Jarvis

Oh, Suleiman also had a video out this week. I think it was a video, where he said that the training of models is incredibly inefficient. The material that goes into his body, he said they're going to reduce in size tremendously for the same greater power. Yeah. And so that's going to make, I…

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