STL invests $100M in US manufacturing capacity
India’s Sterlite Technologies Ltd. (STL) is investing up to $100 million to strengthen its manufacturing capacity in the U.S.
Announced at the SelectUSA Investment Summit, the firm is building out capacity as it bids to strengthen its foothold in connectivity solutions, including terminated optical fiber cables, for AI data centers and telecom customers in the U.S.
STL also claimed the investment is expected to create 400-500 jobs.
“By owning the entire value chain, from glass to data center portfolio, we are excited to enable our customers to build the physical foundation for the AI era”, said Rahul Puri, CEO of STL. “This investment will ensure that the infrastructure required to build a strong AI backbone behind global intelligence is scalable and reliable.”
STL recently launched Neuralis, a suite of connectivity products designed for AI-driven data centers. The platform was framed as a comprehensive connectivity foundation for modern data centers, which are increasingly being built around GPU-intensive architectures and AI training environments. The firm described the offering as a “central nervous system” for these facilities, built to support the higher density and bandwidth requirements tied to AI and hyperscale computing.
The company said Neuralis is designed to respond to changing data traffic patterns in modern data centers, with AI workloads driving a surge in east-west traffic, where data flows between servers internally. Neuralis is engineered to support this shift through higher-density, high-speed connectivity.
STL also highlighted its vertically integrated manufacturing model with the release, touting that it manages the entire production lifecycle spanning across glass preform fabrication and fiber drawing, to cabling and final connector assembly.
