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Applied Optoelectronics, Sugar Land, Texas, United States. Every field this record holds on the site, its note and every source, as the row states them.

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The row

Operator
Applied Optoelectronics
Site
FAB1 (+FAB2)
Location
Sugar Land, Texas, United States
Type
compound
Status
operating
Wafer
150 mm
Nodes
not recorded
First output
2000
Announced investment
not recorded
Map position
29.62, -95.63, on the map

Optoelectronics fab. Applied Optoelectronics' 10-K for 2025 states that all of its laser chips are manufactured in its Sugar Land facility. Wikipedia's list names a second building, FAB2, with a 2026 start; this row records the site as operating and has no separate status for FAB2.

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Sources

2 sources on this row, in the order the row lists them. The order carries no weight.

List of semiconductor fabrication plants - Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org

Applied Optoelectronics Form 10-K, fiscal year ended 31 December 2025 · sec.gov

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Capacity statements

No published capacity statement names this site. Blank is unpublished, not zero.

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On this record

What this record changed on this row, newest first. Each day is the day this record changed, never the day a publisher said it. Followed: status, first output year, announced investment, operator, name, site and sources.

2026-10-01 · This record changed the sources on the row, from 1 to 2. · Source added: Applied Optoelectronics Form 10-K, fiscal year ended 31 December 2025

2026-08-13 · The row entered this record, with the status operating. · Source at entry: List of semiconductor fabrication plants - Wikipedia

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