Why Meta is positioning itself as an AI infrastructure giant—and doubling down on a costly new path
- lastmansurfing
- Jan 26
- 1 min read
CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to his social network Threads two weeks ago to announce Meta Compute, a new “top-level initiative” led by the company’s most senior executives. In doing so, he reemphasized Meta’s commitment to being an AI infrastructure behemoth—and signaled that Meta has no intention of being an also-ran in the data center build-out race.
The new organization is designed to secure the massive amounts of computing power—measured in gigawatts, each of which could power hundreds of thousands of homes—needed for Meta’s drive to build AI models that lead to “superintelligence.”
“Meta is planning to build tens of gigawatts this decade, and hundreds of gigawatts or more over time,” Zuckerberg wrote. “How we engineer, invest, and partner to build this infrastructure will become a strategic advantage.”
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