Applied Optoelectronics secures $53 million order for 800G transceivers

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AOI Receives New Order for 800G Data Center Transceivers from Major Hyperscale Customer

March 24, 2026 9:53 AM EDT

SUGAR LAND, Texas, March 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Optoelectronics Inc. (NASDAQ: AAOI), a leading provider of advanced optical and HFC networking products that power AI, today announced it has received a new volume order from one of its major hyperscale customers for 800G single-mode data center transceivers to help expand its network capacity for AI-driven workloads.

AI infrastructure expansion is accelerating, and requires significantly higher bandwidth at scale, said Dr. Thompson Lin, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of AOI. Our customers are adopting 800G not just for capacity and performance, but to manage long-term... More