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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Meta Bets Big on AI Power
Meta (NASDAQ:META) is about to light up Prometheus, its first one-gigawatt AI supercluster, in 2026. Mark Zuckerberg says they're pouring in hundreds of billions of dollars and hiring top talent to build superintelligence infrastructure. Prometheus will run on half a million Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) GB200 and GB300 GPUs, and it's just the first of several multi-gigawatt clusters. The next one, Hyperion, is designed to scale up to five gigawatts over time, enough compute to cover a chunk of Manhattan. Owning this much AI horsepower gives Meta an edge in training advanced models and pushing toward artificial general intelligence. By recruiting experts from Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), OpenAI and Scale AI, Meta Superintelligence Labs will have more compute per researcher than anyone else. With deep pockets, industry-leading hardware and high-profile hires, Meta is staking its claim in the AI arms race. If these clusters deliver as promised, they could redefine what superintelligent systems can achieve. This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Sign in to access your portfolio
Tahawul Tech
5 days ago
- Business
- Tahawul Tech
Meta to invest billions in colossal data centre push
Meta Platforms plans to invest billions of dollars on AI compute infrastructure, which includes building colossal data centre clusters. In a Facebook post, CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined plans to build several multi-gigawatt super clusters with the first expected to come online next year. These facilities will be used to train and manage workloads generated by Meta's advanced AI models. The social media giant retooled its AI efforts last month under a newly formed division called Meta Superintelligence Labs. Zuckerberg selected former Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang to lead the MSL team. Wang, who is also chief AI officer for Meta, was CEO of Scale AI prior to Meta Platforms making a huge investment in the company last month. 'Meta Superintelligence Labs will have industry-leading levels of compute and by far the greatest compute per researcher', Zuckerberg stated in the post. He added the company has the capital needed to build the data centre clusters, the first of which is called Prometheus. The second cluster, Hyperion, is intended to be able to scale up to five gigawatts over several years. 'Just one of these covers a significant part of the footprint of Manhattan', he said. Source: Mobile World Live Image Credit: Meta
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Meta to launch first multi-gigawatt data centre in 2026
Meta Platforms is set to bring its first multi-gigawatt data centre supercluster, named Prometheus, online in 2026. The announcement was made by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg through a Facebook post, where he outlined the company's plans to construct several large-scale data centre clusters. In the post, Zuckerberg stated that Meta Platforms intends to invest hundreds of billions of dollars into building extensive AI data centres aimed at advancing superintelligence. Prometheus will be located in New Albany, Ohio. Another project, a multi-gigawatt cluster named Hyperion, is also in the pipeline and is expected to scale up to 5GW over several years. 'We're building multiple more titan clusters as well. Just one of these covers a significant part of the footprint of Manhattan,' Zuckerberg stated. Meta is among the leading tech firms that are working on the development of machines capable of outperforming humans in various tasks. The company has recently established Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL) to centralise its AI efforts. Alexandr Wang, the former CEO of Scale AI, has been appointed as the chief AI officer of MSL. Zuckerberg added: 'Meta Superintelligence Labs will have industry-leading levels of compute and by far the greatest compute per researcher. I'm looking forward to working with the top researchers to advance the frontier.' After the announcement, Meta's shares saw a 1% increase. The stock prices of the social media giant have increased by more than 20% this year, according to a Reuters report. In 2024, the company reported nearly $165bn in earnings. Earlier in 2025, Meta increased its current year capital expenditure to a range of $64bn to $72bn. Recently, Meta acquired PlayAI, a startup that focuses on AI-driven voice technology. "Meta to launch first multi-gigawatt data centre in 2026" was originally created and published by Verdict, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Gizmodo
6 days ago
- Business
- Gizmodo
Meta Is Building Massive Gigawatt Data Centers as It Pours Billions Into AI
Meta's AI spending spree continues. After reportedly offering tens (or in some cases, hundreds) of millions of dollars to lure away top researchers from competing artificial intelligence operations, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced via Threads that the company plans to build several multi-gigawatt superclusters to ramp up its compute power. Zuckerberg said the first of the superclusters, called Prometheus, will come online sometime in 2026, with 'multiple more titan clusters' to follow. According to Zuck, 'Just one of these covers a significant part of the footprint of Manhattan.' According to a report from SemiAnalysis, an AI research firm, Prometheus is being built in Ohio. Another one of its clusters, reportedly named Hyperion, is currently being built in Louisiana and is expected to go online in 2027. A supercluster is an interconnected network of compute resources, including graphics processing units (GPUs) or tensor processing units (TPUs), designed to do the kind of large-scale data processing needed to train AI models. Most active clusters built to support AI efforts have hundreds of megawatts of electrical power capacity. Meta's gigawatt approach would theoretically give it a leg up in compute capabilities, and Zuckerberg claims that Meta is on pace to be the first to bring a supercluster with gigawatt capacity online. Elon Musk might dispute that last achievement. Earlier this year, he claimed that xAI, his AI project behind Grok, was working on its next-generation data center and that it would be the 'first gigawatt AI training supercluster.' So I guess we've got ourselves an old-fashioned showdown to see who actually gets their data center online first. Musk's project in Memphis, Tennessee, and Zuck's in Ohio have something in common other than the goal of achieving gigawatt capacity for a supercluster data center: they both have some major environmental concerns. As Musk has ramped up construction in Memphis, the company reportedly brought in 35 portable methane gas turbines without air permits to power the project. Those turbines, capable of providing power to a neighborhood of 50,000 homes, could also emit up to 130 tons of harmful nitrogen oxides per year, per NPR. Meta's project in Ohio doesn't appear to be much cleaner. According to SemiAnalysis, Meta is building two separate 200MW on-site natural gas plants to help meet the energy demands of its data center. While natural gas plants are cleaner than alternatives like coal (which the Trump administration has given AI companies the go-ahead to use if they want), they still produce a considerable amount of pollutants, including nitrogen oxides linked to heightened cancer risks for exposed communities. Earlier this year, Zuckerberg pledged to drop up to $72 billion on AI projects to compete with the OpenAIs and xAIs of the world. It might be nice if he spent a fraction of that on making sure those projects aren't significantly harming the quality of life of people who have the misfortune of living near his data centers.
