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Nvidia photonics investment backs Coherent and Lumentum
What happened
Nvidia has committed $4 billion in strategic investments, split equally between Coherent and Lumentum, to secure future optical interconnect capacity for AI datacenters. The multi-year agreements combine capital, purchase commitments, and access rights. Watch: This signals a long-term demand surge for high-end photonics components, potentially tightening supply for other buyers.
Impact and signal
Medium impactImpact score: 45/100
Affected components and suppliers
Optical InterconnectPhotonics Components
Coherent Corp.Lumentum Holdings Inc.
strategic-investmentcapacity-lockAI-infrastructure
Source and time
Source: eeNews Europe · 3/11/2026 · View original source
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