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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 commitment through 2035 and **$500M** GlobalWafers lock signal vertical integration into consumables, not just capacity expansion.
$250 billion
through 2035 and formalized a
$500 million
partnership with GlobalWafers for domestic wafer supply
$6.1 billion
in direct CHIPS Act funding Micron received in December…
$7.5 billion
in federal loan authority
Micron Technology increased its total US semiconductor investment target to $250 billion through 2035 and formalized a $500 million partnership with GlobalWafers for domestic wafer supply. The revised figure represents a substantial escalation from prior guidance and positions Micron as the largest private capital allocator in the post-CHIPS Act fabrication build-out.
The company disclosed the expanded commitment alongside the GlobalWafers supply agreement, which secures silicon wafer deliveries to Micron's New York and Idaho facilities. The partnership includes capacity reservation and process co-development rights. Micron did not specify annual deployment cadence but confirmed the $250 billion envelope covers three major fab complexes under construction or planned across New York, Idaho, and a third undisclosed location. The GlobalWafers arrangement follows $6.1 billion in direct CHIPS Act funding Micron received in December 2024, alongside $7.5 billion in federal loan authority.
The timing matters because Micron is committing capital during a memory market trough. DRAM contract prices declined 8 percent quarter-over-quarter in Q4 2024, and NAND pricing remains under structural pressure from Chinese oversupply. Yet the company is signaling that federal subsidies and supply-chain sovereignty concerns outweigh near-term margin compression. The $250 billion figure implies an average annual outlay of roughly $22 billion if evenly distributed through 2035, which exceeds Micron's trailing twelve-month capital expenditure of $8.3 billion. That delta suggests either a front-loaded construction phase or a structural shift in capacity planning driven by end-market visibility in high-bandwidth memory for AI inference and data-center buildouts.
The GlobalWafers partnership is the constraint that matters. Wafer supply has emerged as a gating factor for US fab expansions, with domestic production accounting for less than 4 percent of global capacity. GlobalWafers committed $4 billion to a Texas facility in 2023 but has faced delays in equipment delivery and workforce scaling. The $500 million Micron arrangement likely includes prepayments and volume commitments that de-risk GlobalWafers' ramp, effectively converting Micron into a cornerstone customer that subsidizes upstream capacity. This mirrors Samsung's approach with Sumco in Japan and suggests memory manufacturers are integrating vertically into consumables rather than relying on spot markets.
Allocators should track two developments. First, Micron's quarterly capital expenditure disclosures beginning in fiscal Q2 2025, which will clarify whether the $250 billion commitment accelerates or remains aspirational. Second, GlobalWafers' Texas facility ramp schedule, expected to begin pilot production in late 2025, will determine whether the partnership unlocks genuine incremental capacity or simply reallocates constrained supply. Any delays push Micron's New York fab timelines into 2027 at the earliest.
The $250 billion figure is not a budget. It is a negotiating position with federal counterparties and a signal to equipment suppliers that Micron intends to command allocation priority through 2035.
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For the principal
Micron's revised $250B outlay through 2035 merits exposure review in semiconductor allocations given federal subsidy leverage and AI memory tailwinds.
For the operator
Watch Micron's Q2 FY25 capex disclosure in March for deployment cadence clarity; $500M GlobalWafers deal suggests upstream integration plays are mispriced.
For the house
Huang Goodman added 2.1 percent to Micron position in named accounts Wednesday, funded from Taiwan Semi trim, on vertical integration thesis.
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