AOI receives $200 million order for 1.6T data center transceivers

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AOI Receives First Volume Order of 1.6T Data Center Transceivers from Major Hyperscale Customer

March 9, 2026 7:01 AM EDT

SUGAR LAND, Texas, March 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Optoelectronics Inc. (NASDAQ: AAOI), a leading provider of advanced optical and HFC networking products that power AI, today announced it received its first volume order for its 1.6T data center transceivers from one of its long-term major hyperscale customers to boost its network bandwidth for AI workloads.

We are seeing a clear progression toward higher-speed optics as AI clusters scale, and our transceiver portfolio enables our customers to order both 400G and 800G or 1.6T from us, said Dr. Thompson Lin, Founder, Chairman, and... More