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The Changelog · February 25, 2026 · 75m

The State of Homelab in 2026

Techno Tim joins to discuss homelab in 2026: hardware is scarce and expensive due to the AI gold rush, but self-hosting software has never been better.

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Enterprise demand for AI compute has reshaped the hardware market environment, making enthusiast hardware scarce and expensive. The macro-economic environment shapes individual hobbyist behavior.
Homelabbers find deep meaning in the responsibility of running their own infrastructure — owning their data, understanding their systems, and being independent from cloud providers.