{"id":956053,"date":"2026-04-29T10:33:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/aoi-awarded-20-9m-texas-semiconductor-innovation-fund-grant-to-advance-manufacturing-in-sugar-land\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T10:33:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:33:06","slug":"aoi-awarded-20-9m-texas-semiconductor-innovation-fund-grant-to-advance-manufacturing-in-sugar-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/aoi-awarded-20-9m-texas-semiconductor-innovation-fund-grant-to-advance-manufacturing-in-sugar-land\/","title":{"rendered":"AOI Awarded $20.9M Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund Grant to Advance Manufacturing in Sugar Land"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SUGAR LAND, Texas, April 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Applied Optoelectronics Inc. (NASDAQ: AAOI), a leading provider of advanced optical and HFC networking products powering AI, today announced it was awarded a Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund (TSIF) grant for $20,852,518 to support the company\u2019s manufacturing expansion plans in Sugar Land, Texas. <\/p>\n

The TSIF fund provides grants to higher education and state entities for research and development, and to businesses for economic development related to semiconductor design and manufacturing, aiming to solidify Texas’s leadership in the industry. AOI\u2019s 2026 expansion plans are underway to occupy an additional 210,000-square-foot manufacturing facility adjacent to its current headquarters in Sugar Land, where it will establish one of the largest production capacities for AI-focused data center transceivers in the U.S. and create over 500 new jobs in the coming years.<\/p>\n

\u201cAOI has made great strides here in Texas, helping the world\u2019s largest tech companies define the future of data centers with its optical networking innovation,\u201d said Governor Abbott. \u201cWith this grant, the company can continue to expand here to manufacture the invaluable semiconductor and photonics technology that modern AI infrastructure can\u2019t function without.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are honored to accept this award. The support from the State of Texas is critical to our expansion plans and is a tangible commitment by the state to advancing semiconductor innovation for the AI era,\u201d said Stefan Murry, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer, AOI. \u201cAOI was founded by a team from the University of Houston, and over the intervening 29 years we have expanded in Texas to become a major international supplier of optical products enabling the AI age. With this investment, we can continue to expand our Texas-based capacity for production of the advanced high-speed optical transceivers that interconnect today\u2019s AI data centers, helping cloud providers improve network performance while making their data centers more energy efficient and scalable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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