Meta Platforms is making an unprecedented financial commitment to artificial intelligence. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announcing on Monday that the tech giant plans to invest “hundreds of billions of dollars” into building a series of massive AI data centers geared towards achieving superintelligence. This aggressive push intensifies Meta’s ongoing talent war for the world’s top AI engineers.
The social media behemoth (META.O), like other major tech companies, has pursued high-profile deals and multi-million dollar compensation packages in recent months to accelerate its work on machines capable of surpassing human capabilities across various tasks.
Meta Unveils Multi-Billion Dollar AI Data Center Push in Superintelligence Quest
Zuckerberg revealed on his Threads social media platform that Meta’s first multi-gigawatt data center, code-named Prometheus, will come online by 2026. Another ambitious project, Hyperion, will scale up to 5 gigawatts in the coming years.
“We’re building several titan clusters as well. Just one of these covers a significant portion of the Manhattan footprint”.
He also referenced a report from industry publication SemiAnalysis. Which suggests Meta is on track to be the first AI lab to bring a gigawatt supercluster online.
Amidst investor concerns about the massive expenditure, Zuckerberg emphasized the strength of Meta’s core advertising business to justify the investment.
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Last month, the company, which generated nearly $165 billion in revenue last year, reorganized its AI efforts under a new division called Superintelligence Labs. This restructuring followed setbacks for its open-source Llama 4 model and key personnel departures. Meta is banking on this new division to generate fresh revenue streams from its Meta AI app. With innovative image-to-video ad tools, and smart glasses.
Separately, The New York Times reported on Monday that key members of the unit have been considering abandoning Behemoth. The company’s most powerful open-source AI model, in favor of developing a closed-source alternative.
Gil Luria, an analyst at D.A. Davidson, noted that Meta’s aggressive investment in AI is already paying dividends for its core ad business, enabling the company to sell more ads at higher prices. This strategic pivot underscores Meta’s determination to lead the race for advanced AI. Aiming to redefine digital interaction and secure its position at the forefront of the technological frontier.
