Sandisk CEO: ‘Amazing explosion’ in demand fuels sixfold rally amid AI memory boom

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Sandisk CEO says surging AI-driven memory demand helped a sixfold 2026 rally, and JPMorgan sees more upside.

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David Goeckeler, the SanDisk CEO, told CNBC there has been an "amazing explosion of interference." He was describing the scramble for flash capacity as artificial intelligence (AI) ramps data-center memory needs, a dynamic JPMorgan says pushed the flash-memory group about sixfold in 2026. The comment matters because Western Digital is a direct supplier to that market, so management color combined with sell-side enthusiasm is a real-time signal about demand that could sustain revenues and profits for the next year.