# Lumentum to establish optical device manufacturing facility in Greensboro, North Carolina

Lumentum Holdings Inc. announced plans to establish a new U.S. manufacturing facility in Greensboro, NC, to produce advanced indium phosphide-based optical devices for AI data centers. The company will invest hundreds of millions of dollars and create over 400 jobs at the 240,000-square-foot site acquired from Qorvo.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-09-28
- Where: Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
- Jobs: 400
- Status: announced
- Products: indium phosphide-based optical devices, continuous wave lasers, ultra-high-power lasers
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Lumentum](https://endata.com/companies/14950.md)

## Sources

- [chamber.greensboro.org](https://chamber.greensboro.org/news/Details/lumentum-selects-greensboro-for-new-us-manufacturing-facility-supporting-global-ai-infrastructure-321384), 2021-09-28: "Lumentum Holdings Inc., a global leader in optical and photonic solutions for cloud and networking applications, today announced plans to establish a new U.S. manufacturing facility in Greensboro."

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