{"id":372827,"date":"2026-07-14T18:17:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/372827\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T18:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:17:13","slug":"applied-optoelectronics-bets-big-on-ai-with-nearly-400000-square-foot-texas-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/372827\/","title":{"rendered":"Applied Optoelectronics Bets Big on AI With Nearly 400,000-Square-Foot Texas Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">By Karen Roman  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Optical and HFC networking provider Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAOI) said it started constructing two adjacent properties in Pearland, Texas, to add nearly 400,000 square feet of manufacturing capacity.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The company aims to increase production of its 800G and 1.6T optical transceivers with these new properties, representing a main component of AI infrastructures that lets network devices communicate over fiber optics and enable fast, long-distance data transmission, it stated.  <\/p>\n<p>            READ MORE          <a href=\"https:\/\/ipo-edge.com\/hypromag-is-the-magnet-opportunity-hiding-in-americas-scrap-heap\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:HyProMag%20is%20the%20Magnet%20Opportunity%20Hiding%20in%20America&#039;s%20Scrap%20Heap;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;HyProMag is the Magnet Opportunity Hiding in America&#039;s Scrap Heap&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">HyProMag is the Magnet Opportunity Hiding in America&#8217;s Scrap Heap<\/a>          <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; 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