The wave of price increases in storage chips is sweeping through the industry chain, ushering in a new round of cost tests.

On March 18, cloud vendors such as Alibaba Cloud and Baidu Cloud simultaneously raised prices for AI computing power and storage products, with the maximum increase reaching 34%. Since the second half of 2025, global storage chip prices have entered a new round of price increases, and now the chain reaction is continuing to ferment. Recently, OPPO and vivo announced price increases for mobile phones. According to Xinhua News Agency on March 18, South Korean Samsung Electronics may have a large-scale strike, adding pressure to the already tense supply and demand of storage products. Industry experts say that storage chip prices will remain strong from 2026 to 2027, and the entire industry chain is facing a new round of cost challenges.