Overview
- Ayaneo suspended new preorders for the $1,999 Next 2 and pulled it from sales channels after storage quotes jumped to several times their pre–Chinese New Year levels.
- The company says the total build cost now approaches twice the originally set price, which makes the announced pricing unworkable.
- Ayaneo will keep producing units for existing Indiegogo backers and it promises long-term after-sales support with spare parts.
- Outlets link the spike to AI and data-center demand for DRAM and NVMe drives, which is pulling supply to servers and could push some configurations above $3,000.
- The pause is billed as temporary with sales possible if storage prices ease, though coverage notes the supply squeeze could linger into 2026–2027 and some reports label the device as shelved or canceled.