Mark Zuckerberg racing to create first multi-gigawatt AI data centre
The first multi-gigawatt data centre, named Prometheus, is anticipated to be operational by 2026, with another, Hyperion, designed to scale up to 5 gigawatts in the coming years.
Zuckerberg justified the substantial spending by highlighting the strength of Meta's core advertising business, despite investor concerns about the expenditure.
Meta recently reorganised its AI efforts into a new division, Superintelligence Labs, following previous setbacks, with expectations of generating new revenue streams.
The company has raised its 2025 capital expenditure to between $64 billion and $72 billion to bolster its competitive standing against rivals such as OpenAI and Google.
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