Meta to Invest $600 Billion in US Data Centers and AI Infrastructure

Meta Platforms plans to invest over $600 billion in infrastructure and jobs in the US by 2028. The announcement is a part of its focus to build more AI data centers and increase its computing capabilities.

By constructing the data centers, Meta aims to advance AI technology, create jobs, support local economies, and reinforce the US’s technological leadership. Since 2010, the Facebook-parent’s data centre projects have supported over 30,000 skilled trade jobs and 5,000 operational jobs. Meta also stated it is a large customer for US contractors and manufacturers, bringing $20 billion in business to subcontractors while supporting various skilled trades.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has put AI at the front of the company’s agenda this year as it hired new employees and raised its capex guidance. On last month’s Q3 earnings call, CFO Susan Li said that capital spending will be notably larger in 2026 than in 2025, as it looks to build out more computing infrastructure for AI. Zuckerberg is a big proponent of developing superintelligence, a theoretical form of AI that would not just match but vastly exceed human intelligence across every domain of cognitive ability. 

Zuckerberg stated on the Q3 call that Meta is building up its computing capabilities because it’s the right strategy to aggressively front-load building capacity, so that we’re prepared for the most optimistic cases. “That way, if superintelligence arrives sooner, we will be ideally positioned for a generational paradigm shift and many large opportunities.”