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Enablence Technologies Announces Capacity Expansion Following Successful Multi-Million-Dollar Tooling Upgrade at Silicon Valley Fab
Ramp Supports U.S. Demand for PLC-Based Optical Devices to Meet AI and High-Performance Computing...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Enablence Technologies Announces Capacity Expansion Following Successful Multi-Million-Dollar Tooling Upgrade at Silicon Valley FabRamp Supports U.S. Demand for PLC-Based Optical Devices to Meet AI and High-Performance Computing and Sensing InfrastructureFremont, California--(Newsfile Corp. - December 18, 2025) - Enablence Technologies Inc. (TSXV: ENA), a leading supplier of planar lightwave circuit (PLC) optical chips for datacom, telecom, AI, and advanced vision applications, announced today the completion of a multi-million-dollar investment in advanced etching, lithography, and deposition tooling at its Fremont, California wafer fabrication facility. The production ramp more than triples the Company's PLC based wafer production capacity, positioning Enablence to meet rapidly growing demand from its datacenter, AI infrastructure, and LiDAR businesses.Over the past year, Enablence has successfully executed a roadmap expansion, accelerating equipment onboarding and process automation to significantly increase wafer production - especially to meet its growing North American based customers. Year-over-year, PLC wafer output has already more than tripled driven by a strong order book from its legacy datacoms and new AI and LiDAR businesses.Demand for optical devices is accelerating due to the rapid expansion of AI and high-performance computing infrastructure, where traditional copper interconnects are limited in their ability to meet bandwidth, power, and latency requirements. Hyperscale data centers, edge vision systems, and AI-driven sensor platforms increasingly rely on compact, power-efficient PLC-based solutions to overcome silicon and thermal limitations, while OEMs push for lower energy-per-bit performance and higher port density. At the same time, reshoring and supply chain security priorities are driving North American customers to seek domestically produced optical components. Together, these drivers are making photonic integration—especially PLC-based architectures—a critical enabler for the next generation of data, AI, and vision systems.\"With the completion of our recent investments in tooling and production infrastructure to expand PLC production capacity, we are now in a much stronger position to rapidly fulfill high-volume orders from datacenter customers while accelerating the development of next-g...