- Meta Compute Seeks to Oversee Massive Expansion of AI Computing Infrastructure
- The Initiative reports directly to Mark Zuckerberg and operates at the highest level of the company.
- Dozens of gigawatts are planned this decade, and hundreds are expected in the future
Meta has established a new internal organization to oversee the expansion of its IT infrastructure for advanced AI tools.
The new Meta Compute initiative operates at a higher level within the company and reports directly to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who says he plans to deploy dozens of gigawatts this decade.
Over a longer period, the company expects capacity to reach hundreds of gigawatts, far outpacing traditional data center growth models.
The timing of Meta Compute is notable, with the company spending approximately $72 billion on AI-related efforts in 2025, but the financial benefits remain uncertain.
Meta emphasized that these investments aim to generate economic benefits in the areas where the data centers are built.
This issue has become more sensitive as communities question the impact of large installations on electricity prices and water consumption.
The new organization brings together software, hardware, networking and facility planning under one roof.
Meta said this structure aims to ensure that hardware and software decisions remain aligned, which is necessary because AI workloads place different demands on systems than previous cloud services.
Meta Compute will be jointly led by Santosh Janardhan and Daniel Gross, with shared responsibilities between execution and long-term planning.
Janardhan continues to oversee deeply technical areas including system architecture, internal silicon development, software layers, and the global data center fleet.
Gross will focus on defining future compute needs, creating supply chains capable of delivering hardware at multi-gigawatt scale, and developing planning models that account for industry developments and resource constraints.
Together, their mission reflects an attempt to treat electricity, land, equipment and networks as a single, coordinated problem.
“Today we are launching a high-profile new initiative called Meta Compute,” Zuckerberg wrote in a post on Topics.
“Meta plans to build tens of gigawatts over this decade, and hundreds of gigawatts or more over time. How we design, invest and partner to build this infrastructure will become a strategic advantage.”
At the same time, Meta Compute separates long-term capacity strategy from day-to-day data center operations, which continue under the direction of existing infrastructure teams.
This division suggests that Meta is trying to avoid reactive expansion driven solely by short-term demand.
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