June 26 (Reuters) - Wolfspeed (WOLF.N) said on Monday that a group led by Apollo Global Management (APO.N) would make a debt investment of $1.25 billion in the chipmaker, with room for an additional $750 million, to support its U.S. expansion.
Wolfspeed CEO Gregg Lowe said the financing would help "scale up near-term operations at our Mohawk Valley Fab and construction of our Siler City materials facility to help us capture the growing silicon carbide market opportunity."
The company in September last year had announced a multi-billion-dollar investment in a factory in Chatham County, North Carolina to make raw materials for chips that power electric vehicles, among other things.
The company has the option to pay the debt early, Wolfspeed said.
(This story has been refiled to add dropped word in the headline)Reporting by Jaspreet Singh in Bengaluru Editing by Vinay DwivediOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons:
Gregg Lowe, Wolfspeed, Jaspreet Singh, Vinay Dwivedi
Organizations:
Apollo Global Management, Thomson
Locations:
Siler City, Chatham County , North Carolina, Bengaluru