Meta Uncovers Plans to Build New AI Infrastructure

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled that his company established a new top-level initiative called Meta Compute. It is set to build tens of gigawatts this decade for AI infrastructure.

In a statement on Facebook, Zuckerberg said the company will also build hundreds of gigawatts or more over time, as part of a plan to gain an advantage over its big tech competitors. “How we engineer, invest, and partner to build this infrastructure will become a strategic advantage,” he said. Meta Compute will be led by the head of global infrastructure and co-head of engineering, Santosh Janardhan, and senior content engineer for AI, Daniel Gross.

“Santosh will continue to lead our technical architecture, software stack, silicon program, developer productivity, and building and operating our global data centre fleet and network,” Zuckerberg explained. “Daniel will lead a new group responsible for long-term capacity strategy, supplier partnerships, industry analysis, planning, and business modelling.” Zuckerberg stated that both will collaborate closely with newcomer Dina Powell McCormick to work on partnering with governments and sovereigns to build, deploy, invest in, and finance Meta’s infrastructure.

Last year, Meta stated it would invest over $600 billion in US infrastructure and jobs by 2028, as part of its focus to build more AI data centers and increase its computing capabilities. Zuckerberg is a 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.  “I’m looking forward to working closely with Daniel, Santosh, Dina, and their teams to scale Meta Compute and deliver personal superintelligence to billions of people around the world.”