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Russia faces potential shortage of Chinese produced fiber-optic cable due to data center booms 03/01/26(Sun)10:50:38 No.64915193

Russia faces potential shortage of Chinese produced fiber-optic cable due to data center booms Anonymous 03/01/26(Sun)10:50:38 No.64915193 [Reply]▶

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Russia is entirely dependent on Chinese fibre optic manufacturers as their only domestic producer, JSC Optic Fiber Systems, has been bombed by Ukraine in 2025. JSC still hasn't resumed operation.

The data center boom triggered by investments into AI increased the world's demand for fibre-optic cables by a lot. Russian buyers are having to pay between 2.5 to 4 times more for than last year and could face a potential shortage in the near future.

https://www.vedomosti.ru/technology/articles/2026/02/26/1179089-kitaitsi-podnyali-tseni-na-optovolokno-dlya-rossiiskih-zakazchikov

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Anonymous
03/01/26(Sun)10:52:43 No.64915200

Anonymous 03/01/26(Sun)10:52:43 No.64915200▶

Fiber optic cables literally grow on trees in Ukraine why don't they ask for some of theirs

Anonymous
03/01/26(Sun)11:02:33 No.64915218

Anonymous 03/01/26(Sun)11:02:33 No.64915218▶

>>64915193
tbf that's kinda a both sides issue since it's about global prices rising. that being said, given sanctions, they will absolutely be paying a giga premium on those fiber optics, moreso than ukraine

Anonymous
03/01/26(Sun)12:02:21 No.64915362

Anonymous 03/01/26(Sun)12:02:21 No.64915362▶

>>64915193
Thanks AI.

Anonymous
03/01/26(Sun)12:35:50 No.64915480

Anonymous 03/01/26(Sun)12:35:50 No.64915480▶

>>64915200
Yes, but you have to harvest them, untangle them, and check for breakages or weakspots.

Anonymous
03/01/26(Sun)14:29:13 No.64915868

Anonymous 03/01/26(Sun)14:29:13 No.64915868▶

>>64915193
I'll sell them 10km of fiber in exchange for a 32GB DDR5 stick.

Anonymous
03/01/26(Sun)14:40:28 No.64915909

Anonymous 03/01/26(Sun)14:40:28 No.64915909▶

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I just want cheap HDDs again.

Anonymous
03/02/26(Mon)00:42:39 No.64918177

Anonymous 03/02/26(Mon)00:42:39 No.64918177▶

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>>64915909
>new Lords of the Fallen coming out next year
I feel your pain.

Anonymous
03/02/26(Mon)00:58:31 No.64918237

Anonymous 03/02/26(Mon)00:58:31 No.64918237▶

>>64915909
>>64918177
I almost never hit timing right but one of my few good moves was building a few big new NAS systems almost exactly a year ago. Now they'd cost like 200 fucking percent more I hate it so much. I put 256GB of ram into one of my VM servers, a 32GB DDR4-3200 rdimm brand new was $85. Now years later instead of being even cheaper it's pure rape. Fuck this timeline.

Anonymous
03/02/26(Mon)07:36:25 No.64919448

Anonymous 03/02/26(Mon)07:36:25 No.64919448▶

>>64915193
i think they said they make their own. since 2024 or smth.

Anonymous
03/02/26(Mon)13:17:24 No.64920568

Anonymous 03/02/26(Mon)13:17:24 No.64920568▶

>>64915193
I thought the one thing the soviets/russians made really well was fiber optic cables, what happened?

Anonymous
03/02/26(Mon)14:31:23 No.64920938

Anonymous 03/02/26(Mon)14:31:23 No.64920938▶

>>64920568
After the collapse of the Soviet Union Russia shifted heavily into cable assembly instead of also investing into high-end fiber preform production. Instead, Russia started importing high-grade optical fiber in greater quantity during the 90s.

Optic Fiber Systems JSC (the company that got bombed) was an attempt to jumpstart the domestic production of optical fiber preform and high-grade fiber again in the 2010s.

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