Overview
- Meta will pay Corning up to $6 billion through 2030 to supply optical fiber, cable, and connectivity products for its data center network.
- Corning will expand manufacturing in North Carolina, including a major buildout at its Hickory/Trivium facility, with Meta as the anchor customer.
- The pact features Corning’s high‑density Contour cable designed for AI data centers that require far greater interconnect capacity and lower power use than traditional setups.
- Corning fiber is slated for Meta’s large U.S. projects, including the Prometheus site in Ohio and the Hyperion complex in Louisiana.
- Corning expects North Carolina employment to rise by roughly 15%–20% to sustain a workforce of more than 5,000, and its shares jumped more than 15% after the announcement.