Lumentum buys Qorvo's Greensboro fab to make indium phosphide lasers for AI data centers

Lumentum/UHP lasers for co-packaged optics

Lumentum acquired a 240,000 sq ft chip plant in Greensboro, North Carolina from Qorvo and will retrofit it to make continuous-wave and ultra-high-power indium phosphide lasers. Production is to ramp from mid-2028, adding to fabs that are already fully booked.

• 240,000 sq ft site acquired from Qorvo, already operational.
• Will make CW and ultra-high-power InP lasers used in co-packaged optics.
• Production ramp expected from mid-2028.
• Hundreds of millions of dollars of investment; over 400 jobs retained or created.