China has plenty of indium but not enough InP wafers for AI data centers

DIGITIMESAugust 26, 2026en

China accounts for more than 70% of the world's primary indium output but only about 10% of finished indium phosphide substrates, leaving a gap between its strength in raw materials and the qualified wafer capacity increasingly needed for AI data-center optics.

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