Seagate (STX) Shares Drop Over 8% Amid Factory Capacity Concerns

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC (STX) shares fell over 8% on Monday following CEO Dave Mosley's remarks at a JPMorgan conference regarding manufacturing capacity. Mosley indicated that building new factories would take too long, raising concerns about meeting the increasing demand for memory chips driven by artificial intelligence. In addition, shares of industry peers, including Micron Technology (MU) and Western Digital Corp (WDC), also declined, with drops of approximately 5% and 7%, respectively. This drop reflects investor anxiety over the capability of leading memory makers to satisfy mounting demand as production cycles are lengthy.