Furukawa Electric to invest JPY100 billion to double rollable ribbon cable capacity in response to data center demand

Digitimes
Aug 5, 2026, 4:38 am102 ptsTrending
Furukawa Electric said on August 4 that it will invest approximately JPY100 billion (approx.US$630 million) in total to expand production capacity for optical fibers and optical fiber cables, citing sustained growth in demand for high-quality optical fiber cables driven by hyperscale data center buildouts.

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