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Micron Technology$MU · filed: grew revenue 256% in FY2026 to $133.2BSound shipTrillion Score 472Fall Risk MediumNext year $169.5B–$725.7B sealedCheck ▾Close ▴
What Micron Technology filed
Grew revenue 256% in FY2026 to $133.2 billion, operating margin 74.6% against a 2.4% median for semiconductors & related devices, equity 70.6% of assets, and dividend per share up 1 year running. Every figure links to the filing it came from on Micron Technology’s card. Sound ship: one warning sign. Trillion Score 472, #64 of 107 in its field; Fall Risk Medium (how it is measured).
What the house said in advance
Revenue for the fiscal year after 2026-09-03 between $169.5B and $725.7B, an 80% range sealed on 9 Oct 2026 · receipt #8096ac · graded in public by the revenue in Micron Technology’s next annual report.
Figures as filed with the SEC. Ranges, scores and boats are statistical descriptions of past filings, not ratings or recommendations. Reporting, not advice.
In plain words
Micron's **$250B** US build and **$500M** wafer lock-in shift memory production onshore, forcing competitors to price Taiwan risk or cede market share.
$250 billion
cumulative US semiconductor investment through 2035 and announced a
$500 million
partnership with GlobalWafers to secure domestic wafer supply
$3 billion
of near-term investment flows directly into the domestic semiconductor…
90%
of global 300mm wafer production
Micron Technology confirmed a $250 billion cumulative US semiconductor investment through 2035 and announced a $500 million partnership with GlobalWafers to secure domestic wafer supply. The company simultaneously poured first concrete at its New York fabrication site, positioned to become the largest semiconductor plant in US history. The announcements arrive without warning, folding capital commitment and supply-chain verticalization into a single operational pivot.
The $250 billion figure represents a marked increase from prior projections and spans fabrication, packaging, research infrastructure, and workforce development across multiple US sites. Micron disclosed that up to $3 billion of near-term investment flows directly into the domestic semiconductor ecosystem, including New York construction and equipment procurement. The GlobalWafers partnership locks in 300mm silicon wafer supply at scale, eliminating reliance on Pacific Rim logistics for critical input materials. Micron did not disclose production timelines for the New York facility, but site preparation suggests initial output by late 2027.
The move matters because memory chips sit at the nexus of AI compute, data center expansion, and edge infrastructure—three verticals absorbing capital at rates exceeding $200 billion annually. Micron's onshore pivot reduces exposure to Taiwan Strait disruption risk, a contingency that has quietly reshaped boardroom capital allocation discussions since mid-2023. The GlobalWafers deal also signals that substrate security now ranks alongside fabrication capacity in strategic planning. Silicon wafers remain a chokepoint: five suppliers control 90% of global 300mm wafer production, and onshoring that input layer materially de-risks the entire stack.
Second-order effects extend beyond Micron. The $250 billion commitment likely triggers follow-on investment from equipment makers—Applied Materials, Lam Research, ASML—who must staff and scale US service operations to support the buildout. Workforce development at this scale also pressures regional labor markets in upstate New York, Idaho, and Virginia, where Micron operates or plans facilities. Allocators should note that this capital cycle runs orthogonal to traditional semiconductor boom-bust patterns; government underwriting via the CHIPS Act structurally alters the risk-return calculus for long-cycle fabrication investment.
Watch for three follow-on events. First, additional wafer supply agreements from Samsung or SK Hynix within six months, as competitors face identical substrate risk. Second, updated production timelines for the New York facility in quarterly earnings calls through late 2025, which will reveal whether Micron can compress ramp schedules below historical norms. Third, state-level incentive disclosures in New York and Idaho over the next twelve months, as total economic development packages often exceed federal CHIPS Act awards by a factor of two.
GlobalWafers' $500 million commitment marks the first major wafer supplier to lock capital into a single US customer at this scale. The deal removes optionality for GlobalWafers to redirect capacity to Asian buyers, a concession that prices in structural demand from Micron's US output. That kind of supplier lock-in costs a premium and signals conviction that domestic memory production reaches economically viable scale within the current capital cycle.
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