Wolfspeed Highlights AI Data Center Growth, Silicon Carbide Roadmap at Annual Meeting

Key Points

• Wolfspeed is advancing its silicon carbide roadmap, including commercially ready fifth-generation MOSFETs, a recognized 10 kV MOSFET innovation, and expanded 200 mm manufacturing capabilities alongside developing 300 mm capacity.
• AI data center revenue more than doubled in fiscal 2026 from the prior year, with the company citing its silicon carbide technology, manufacturing platform and expanded industry leadership as drivers of future growth.
• The company is focused on improving yields, lowering production costs and strengthening its finances through a March refinancing and a conditional $1.5 billion, 30-year U.S. government loan commitment; shareholders also approved all meeting proposals.

Wolfspeed NYSE: WOLF said it is advancing its silicon carbide technology roadmap, expanding its presence in AI data centers and pursuing operating and capital-structure improvements, Chief Executive Officer Robert Feurle said at the company’s 2026 annual shareholder meeting.

The company also said shareholders approved all proposals presented at the virtual meeting, including the election of seven directors, the 2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, an advisory vote on executive compensation and the ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Wolfspeed’s independent auditor for the current fiscal year.

Technology and Manufacturing Roadmap

Feurle said Wolfspeed’s strategy is centered on technology leadership, customer and revenue diversification, operational execution and financial discipline.

He pointed to the company’s June announcement that its fifth-generation silicon carbide MOSFET technology had reached commercial readiness. According to Feurle, the Gen 5 MOSFETs provide what he described as the industry’s best specific on-resistance while maintaining switching behavior introduced with the company’s Gen 4 products.

Wolfspeed’s 10 kV silicon carbide MOSFET was also recognized at PCIM, a European power-technology conference, as a top innovation at the event, Feurle said.

The CEO said Wolfspeed believes its vertically integrated 200 mm manufacturing capabilities, along with developing 300 mm capabilities, position the company to support growing demand for silicon carbide technology.

AI Data Center Revenue Growth

Feurle said Wolfspeed continues to make progress across its core end markets and improve relationships with longstanding customers. He also highlighted AI data centers as an emerging growth market for the company.

Full-year fiscal 2026 revenue from the AI data center end market more than doubled from the prior year, according to Feurle. He said Wolfspeed has expanded its leadership presence with industry veterans in the San Francisco Bay Area and is seeing the benefits in both day-to-day customer interactions and revenue trends.

“We are extremely well-positioned” to support AI data center adoption as it scales, Feurle said, citing the company’s silicon carbide technology and manufacturing platform.

Operations and Financial Discipline

Operational execution remains a central priority, Feurle said. Wolfspeed is focused on improving production yields and lowering unit production costs while maintaining speed, quality and cost discipline.

These efforts are intended to support both legacy and new customers and create a stronger foundation for sustainable growth and profitability, he said.

On financing, Feurle said Wolfspeed benefited from a refinancing completed in March that strengthened its capital structure and reduced its cost of capital.

He also discussed the company’s recently announced conditional 30-year, $1.5 billion loan commitment from the U.S. Department of War. The commitment is intended to help advance the domestic wide-bandgap semiconductor supply chain, according to Feurle.

Feurle said the conditional commitment could provide long-term capital to support Wolfspeed’s strategy and further strengthen its capital structure. He said the financing’s pay-in-kind structure during its first five years could reduce intermediate-term cash interest payments, while lower capital costs could benefit customers, shareholders and national security.

Shareholder Votes Approved

Melissa Garrett, Wolfspeed’s general counsel and corporate secretary, said a quorum was present at the meeting based on shares represented virtually or by proxy. The company’s inspector of elections reported that each proposal received the votes required for approval and that the advisory vote on executive compensation was favorable.

Wolfspeed expects to report final voting results in a Form 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission within four business days of the meeting.

About Wolfspeed (NYSE:WOLF)

Wolfspeed, Inc is a semiconductor company focused on silicon carbide (SiC) technologies. Its products are designed to support the conversion and management of electrical power in applications that require high efficiency, high voltage, and operation at elevated temperatures.

The company develops and manufactures SiC power devices, including metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors, diodes, power modules, and related components. It also produces SiC materials such as wafers and epitaxial substrates used by semiconductor manufacturers.

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