SMRTR TechApr 19, 2026Ars Technica

Meta's AI spending spree is helping make its Quest headsets more expensive

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Meta is raising Quest VR headset prices by $50–$100 on April 19th due to rising memory chip costs. Its massive AI spending—up to $135B this year—is driving industry-wide RAM and GPU demand, squeezing supply.

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