Applied Optoelectronics Expands Texas Manufacturing to Meet Surging AI Data Center Transceiver Demand

Management detailed its global footprint and a major buildout in Texas. The company’s headquarters and wafer fabrication facility are in Sugar Land, Texas , outside Houston, with about 350,000 square feet currently. Applied Optoelectronics said it signed a lease for an additional 150,000 square feet , bringing total Sugar Land-area space to roughly 500,000 square feet . A 210,000-square-foot facility leased last fall is being built out and is expected to begin production in the third quarter of this year , ...