Optical and photonic technologies company Lumentum Holdings Inc. announced plans to establish a new manufacturing facility in Greensboro, North Carolina.
The factory will produce advanced indium phosphide (InP)-based optical products, including continuous wave (CW) and ultra-high-power (UHP) lasers, that serve as critical components in the world’s largest AI data centers.
Lumentum expects the new facility to expand its manufacturing capacity, leveraging 6-inch InP wafers. The company added that it plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars over the next several years to scale production, while preserving and creating over 400 manufacturing jobs…