Coherent Breaks Ground on Expanded Texas Facility, Scaling AI's Optical Backbone
Original: Coherent Breaks Ground on Expanded Texas Facility, Scaling AI’s Optical Backbone
Coherent expands its Sherman, Texas plant — home to the world's first 6-inch indium phosphide line — to meet AI optical demand.
Coherent has broken ground on an expanded manufacturing facility in Sherman, Texas, scaling production of the lasers, optical components, and compound semiconductors that physically interconnect AI systems. The Sherman campus hosts what Coherent describes as the world's first 6-inch indium phosphide wafer fabrication line, a key enabler of high-speed optical transceivers for GPU clusters. The expansion reflects surging demand for optical networking components as AI infrastructure buildouts strain existing supply chains.
Coherent Corporation, a manufacturer of lasers, photonic components, and compound semiconductors, broke ground on June 16, 2026, on an expanded production facility in Sherman, Texas. The expansion is aimed at meeting accelerating demand for the optical components that serve as the connective tissue of modern AI infrastructure — the hardware layer that physically links GPU clusters inside data centers and carries AI-generated traffic across long-haul fiber networks.
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