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# RAM Shortages Impact Raspberry Pi
- URL: https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/02/07/ram-shortages-impact-raspberry-pi/
- Published: 2026-02-07T01:37:08.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-07T01:37:08.000Z
- Description: Prices will be rising for the Raspberry Pi, a popular device for homelab users around the world.
- Author: Nate Bartram
- Tags: News Briefs

Due to the current global [RAM shortage](https://www.privacyguides.org/posts/2025/12/16/what-can-we-do-about-the-ram-and-shortage/), Raspberry Pi prices will go up. Prices will be correlated with how much RAM is in the model. For example, board with 2GB of RAM will go up $10 while 16GB boards will cost an extra $60\. For devices that are notoriously less than $100, this is a huge deal. The 16GB Pi 5 now costs over $200, according to [Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/02/ongoing-ram-crisis-prompts-raspberry-pis-second-price-hike-in-two-months/).

Because of the historically low cost and small form factor, Raspberry Pis have been immensely popular in the privacy community for a wide range of self-hosted tasks. They're popular for running single-instance Mastodon or Nextcloud servers, home DNS resolvers, and more. Your truly has used them to run Matrix moderation bots, a website to invite friends and family to a Eurovision viewing party, and more.

Sadly, like many aspects of life, this price hike will disproportionately affect people on a tight budget, making privacy and data sovereignty even more of a privilege than it already is in many cases.