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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-014691"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AAOI"
cik: "0001158114"
company_name: "APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC."
filed_at: "2026-02-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T02:43:15.005918+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Applied Optoelectronics breaks ground on 210k sq ft facility; investment upped to $300M

## Summary
- Broke ground on 210,000 sq ft manufacturing facility at 1111 Gillingham St., Sugar Land, TX.
- Plans to increase facility and HQ investment from $150M to potentially $300M by end of next year.
- Committed to creating 500 local jobs for automated production lines programming.
- Facility targets AI/datacenter demand; aims to make AOI largest US supplier of optical transceivers.
- Contractors include LCC3 Solutions Inc. and Atlantic Building Consultant & Services.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-014691
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AAOI
- cik: 0001158114
- company_name: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158114/000110465926014691/0001104659-26-014691-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158114/000110465926014691/tm266320d1_8k.htm

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