Meta Platforms has struck a multiyear agreement to pay Corning Incorporated up to $6 billion through 2030 for advanced optical-fibre cables and connectivity products to support its expanding artificial-intelligence data centre infrastructure. The deal, first reported by CNBC, underscores Corning’s transition from a traditional glass supplier to a strategic supplier of critical AI-era networking components. Under the terms, Corning will expand manufacturing capacity in North Carolina — including a major boost to its Hickory optical cable plant, where Meta will be an anchor customer — and expects to grow its local workforce by 15–20 %. The fibre will be used in Meta’s large data-centre projects across the United States as the company accelerates its AI build-out. Corning’s fibre-optic segment has seen rising demand from other technology leaders, and its shares have climbed strongly amid the AI infrastructure boom.