NVIDIA and Coherent are supporting a major industrial upgrade in Sherman, Texas, to manufacture lasers used in AI-infrastructure interconnects. The investment is a supply-chain capacity signal for
semiconductors, critical components and AI infrastructure.
The Dataleo angle
The key planning questions are ramp-up timing, yield, second-tier dependencies and synchronization between industrial capacity and data-center demand. Announced investment should not be treated as available capacity until qualification and production milestones are reached.