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Micron's Customers Are Putting Up $22 Billion, and Its CEO Says Data Centers Want 50% More
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Micron Technology's ( MU -5.56% ) CEO, Sanjay Mehrotra, sat down with CNBC's Jim Cramer last week at a construction site in Boise, Idaho, where the memory specialist is building two chip fabrication plants. He had a lot to talk about: Micron's fiscal third-quarter revenue more than quadrupled year over year to $41.5 bi
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Micron Technology's ( $MU+WL -5.56% ) CEO, Sanjay Mehrotra, sat down with CNBC's Jim Cramer last week at a construction site in Boise, Idaho, where the memory specialist is building two chip fabrication plants. He had a lot to talk about: Micron's fiscal third-quarter revenue more than quadrupled year over year to $41.5 billion, and net income hit $28.2 billion, compared with $1.9 billion a year earlier. Guidance points to about $50 billion this quarter. But the number I keep coming back to wasn't in any earnings release. It's the money customers are putting up upfront -- $22 billion in deposits and related commitments under the first 16 agreements.
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AI memory chips
Micron's business is booming because data center customers are paying billions in advance to secure chips. Investors care because this massive cash flow shows the artificial intelligence hardware boom is still very strong.
What changed
Micron announced massive financial results alongside $22 billion in upfront customer deposits for new chip plants.
Who wins / who loses
Memory chip makers and equipment suppliers win, while companies unable to secure supply or fund similar expansions could struggle.
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- $MUBuild slowly — only if it fits your plan
Micron is making record money and customers are paying billions in advance for chips, making it a strong player in the AI hardware trend.
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- $NVDABuild slowly — only if it fits your plan
Nvidia needs advanced memory like Micron's to build its powerful artificial intelligence processors.
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- Local Boise real estate and infrastructure suppliers benefiting from multi-billion dollar fabrication plant construction.
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- A sudden drop in customer demand, order cancellations, or a broader macroeconomic slowdown halting data center spending.
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