# AOI breaks ground on $300M expansion in Sugar Land, Texas

AOI broke ground on a 210,000-square-foot manufacturing warehouse expansion in Sugar Land, Texas, as part of a $300 million investment. The project is expected to create more than 500 new jobs over five years for programming automated production lines.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2026-02-10
- Where: Sugar Land, Texas, United States
- Value: $300.0M
- Jobs: 500
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 210,000 square feet
- Products: optical transceivers
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [AOI](https://endata.com/companies/15900.md)

## Sources

- [newsroom.ao-inc.com](https://newsroom.ao-inc.com/latest-news/aoi-breaks-ground-on-300-million-sugar-land-expansion-to-power-the-future-of-ai-connectivity/), 2026-02-19: "The commencement of construction marks an important milestone for AOI."

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