Meta Signs a Deal to Use AWS Graviton Chips

Meta Platforms signed a deal with Amazon Web Services to use Graviton processors to support its agentic AI moves. The deal is reportedly worth billions of dollars.

AWS explained the deal initially covered tens of millions of Graviton cores, with the flexibility to expand the number as Meta’s AI demands increase. Each of its latest Graviton5 Central Processing Units has 192 cores and a sizable cache. It asserted the agreement reflected a shift in how AI infrastructure is built.

While it acknowledged GPUs were essential for training large models, it noted that the rise of agentic AI is creating massive demand for CPU-intensive workloads. These include real-time reasoning, code generation, search, and orchestrating multi-step tasks. AWS stated its customers would be able to run those tasks effectively at scale on its chips. Meta also intends to use the infrastructure for various other applications.

The deal is the latest in an ongoing relationship between the pair and makes Meta one of the largest customers for Graviton processors. “As we scale the infrastructure behind Meta’s AI ambitions, diversifying our compute sources is a strategic imperative,” noted Santosh Janardhan, head of infrastructure at Meta Platforms. “Graviton allows us to run the CPU-intensive workloads behind agentic AI with the performance and efficiency we need at our scale”.