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EnrichedChipsNVIDIA BlogLabLive · 5d agoPublished 6/16/2026

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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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 what it calls the world’s first 6-inch indium phosphide […]

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