Micron reported exceptional Q4 earnings with $54.2 billion revenue and 87% gross margin, driven by AI data center demand for memory chips including HBM, DRAM, and enterprise NAND. The company has secured $150 billion in multiyear strategic agreements through 2030 and generated $33.2 billion in free cash flow, positioning it for potential sustained profitability rather than cyclical decline.
Volato Group's Alignment Engine subsidiary secured $1.2 billion in four-year orders from a major AI customer for dedicated GPU infrastructure deployment in Ohio, utilizing AMD MI355X and MI445X GPUs starting December 2026 and June 2027 respectively. The customer committed $133 million in prepayments, establishing a long-term contracted capacity model rather than spot-market GPU procurement.
Micron Technology guided to an 86% gross margin for fiscal Q4 2026, the highest in the memory chip industry's history, driven by AI data center demand. The company has signed long-term customer contracts with price floors to defend margins, but historical precedent shows memory chip margins collapse rapidly once boom cycles peak, with prior peaks falling 30+ percentage points within a year.
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A US federal appeals court ruled that cannabis supply contracts are unenforceable under federal law, overturning a $31.8 million verdict against Curaleaf in a dispute with Michigan cultivator Hello Farms. The decision exposes a legal vulnerability across the US cannabis industry, where companies can use federal illegality as a defense to avoid contractual obligations, creating what experts describe as a dangerous precedent that threatens industry stability.
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Cipher Digital extended its Barber Lake data center lease from 10 to 20 years, increasing total contracted revenue from $3.8 billion to over $9 billion. A leading AI lab committed to an additional 10-year lease adding approximately $5.2 billion in contracted revenue, with data hall deliveries expected from Q4 2026 through Q1 2027.