5 Best Fiber Optics Stocks to Buy for the AI Data Center Boom

4. Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 91

Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) is one of the Best Fiber Optics Stocks to Buy for the AI Data Center Boom. On June 8, 2026, Corning announced a multiyear, multibillion-dollar agreement with Amazon to supply optical fiber, cable, and connectivity solutions for Amazon’s expanding U.S. data center infrastructure. The deal gives Corning a direct role in the physical layer of cloud and AI capacity, where faster fiber links are needed to move traffic across large data center footprints.

The agreement is also tied to a manufacturing expansion in North Carolina, with 1,000 new advanced manufacturing jobs at Corning facilities, hundreds of construction jobs, and a new workforce program with Catawba Valley Community College focused on fiber-optic manufacturing and technical roles.

The release said the agreement builds on Amazon’s planned $10 billion North Carolina cloud infrastructure investment, making the story both a demand signal from a hyperscale customer and a domestic fiber supply-chain expansion.

Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) is a materials science company with businesses across optical communications, display, mobile consumer electronics, automotive, solar, semiconductors, and life sciences. Its optical communications products include fiber, cable, and connectivity solutions used in broadband, cloud, and data center networks.

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