Lenovo warns partners of upcoming price hikes across several product lines, including commercial PCs and servers

According to a letter shared with CRN, Lenovo has revealed that the current market scenario, particularly the DRAM pricing crisis, has made it necessary for the company to hike prices across its commercial PC and server lineups. The company has communicated the same with partners, encouraging them to make their purchases before the price hikes are put into force in March.

Lenovo North America's president, Ryan McCurdy, even went the extra mile and stated that there's no way around having to adjust prices, leaving room for more adjustments down the road depending on supply and demand. That said, there is no denying that the act of informing clients well ahead of a price hike was the right move, at least from a moral point of view.

However, as revealed by a client who did not wish to be named, Lenovo does retain the right to reprice orders not shipped by March 31st, even if the orders were made within February. The ongoing AI hype train has claimed many victims, with several OEMs having already announced price hikes to keep up with industry trends. 

Moreover, Lenovo's ISG, or Infrastructure Solutions Group which looks after the company's data center business, will witness revised price quote windows of 14 and 30 days for its internal and external bidding platforms. Needless to say, the aforementioned terms are subject to further change, also depending on market conditions. Certain product lineups were also restructured, and other changes were made to configurations to simplify the ordering process for clients, according to CRN.