key takeaways
  • Micron reported record Q3 revenue of $41.46 billion, nearly four times higher than the $9.3 billion recorded a year ago.
  • AI infrastructure demand was the main growth driver, pushing memory sales to new highs.
  • Data center revenue surged more than sevenfold to $11.5 billion, highlighting continued spending by major cloud and AI companies.

Micron reported record quarterly revenue of $41.46 billion, easily beating Wall Street estimates as booming demand for AI memory chips sent MU stock up 15% in after-hours trading.

We have been at the height of the AI hype for a couple of years now. First, it started with the craze of every tech company wanting to build an AI product. Now we are in a different era of craze, where every company is looking to invest in AI infrastructure, data centers, chips, and memory.

It has gotten to the point where major phone makers might have to increase the prices of phones because memory is becoming so expensive due to high demand. So much so that Apple CEO Tim Cook recently admitted that "price increases are unavoidable."

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Micron is benefiting from the hype around AI

Despite the increase in cost of tech consumer products such as smartphones and AI data centers contributing to higher electrical bills, and even some economists believing that this craze for AI is inflationary, this benefits some companies, and Micron is one of them.

Micron just reported $41.46 billion in revenue. That's nearly four times what it made the same quarter last year, which was a then-record of $9.3 billion. After the Q3 2026 report, the stock jumped 15% in extended trading.

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