AOI Sugar Land Manufacturing Facility Expansion
Sector: Advanced Electronics • Location: Sugar Land, Texas, United States
Source: Greater Houston Partnership
Applied Optoelectronics Inc. (AOI) is building a new 210,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at its Sugar Land site to produce optical transceivers for AI data centers. The project aims to create 500 jobs and will have the largest production capacity for AI-focused data center transceivers in the U.S. The expansion is supported by a $20.9 million Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund grant and a
- Status
- Under Construction
- Sector
- Advanced Electronics, Manufacturing (Industrial), Commercial, Data Center
- Location
- Sugar Land, Texas, United States of America
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- Greater Houston Partnership
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Description | Applied Optoelectronics Inc. (AOI) is building a new 210,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at its Sugar Land site to produce optical transceivers for AI data centers. The project aims to create 500 jobs and will have the largest production capacity for AI-focused data center transceivers in the U.S. The expansion is supported by a $20.9 million Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund grant and a $2 million local incentive package from the City of Sugar Land and Fort Bend County. AOI has increased its planned investment to $300 million from more than $150 million. |
Original sector | Manufacturing |
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Country | United States of America (USA) |
State | Texas |
City | Sugar Land |
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Source | Greater Houston Partnership |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Advanced Electronics, Manufacturing (Industrial), Commercial, Data Center |
Article published date | 2026-05-09 |
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