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“Ruthenium, a minor metal in the platinum-group metals (PGMs), has surged to an all-time ​high as supply constraints and growing demand linked ‌to artificial intelligence tighten the market, analysts and producers said. Used in electronics, semiconductors, and chemical processing, ruthenium is seeing ​rising demand from AI-driven data storage and cloud ​computing. Expansion in data centre capacity is ⁠lifting hard disk drive production, where the metal ​is used in magnetic layers.” https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/ruthenium-prices-hit-record-high-ai-boom-squeezes-supply-2026-03-16/ submitted by /u/talkingatoms

Originally posted by u/talkingatoms on r/ArtificialInteligence