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Coherent expands Texas AI optical backbone facility with NVIDIA backing

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Coherent has broken ground on an expanded manufacturing facility in Sherman, Texas, to scale the production of optical components crucial for AI infrastructure. This expansion, supported by a $50 million CHIPS Act grant and a $2 billion investment from NVIDIA, aims to bolster the domestic supply chain for advanced semiconductor materials like indium phosphide. The new facility is expected to create over 550 direct jobs and thousands more indirectly, addressing the growing need for high-speed data transfer between AI components. AI

IMPACT Accelerates the domestic supply chain for critical AI optical interconnects, enabling faster and more efficient AI computation.

RANK_REASON The article details a significant expansion of AI infrastructure manufacturing capacity with substantial government and private investment. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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  1. NVIDIA Blog TIER_1 English(EN) · Brian Caulfield ·

    Coherent Breaks Ground on Expanded Texas Facility, Scaling AI’s Optical Backbone

    AI runs at the speed of light. More and more, that light is made in Texas. Coherent broke ground today on an expanded manufacturing building in Sherman, Texas. The company makes the lasers, optical components and compound semiconductors that wire AI systems together — and runs wh…

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