Meta Unveils 'Meta Compute' for Gigawatt-Scale AI Infrastructure Expansion

• Meta launches "Meta Compute" initiative to massively expand its AI infrastructure.
• CEO Mark Zuckerberg aims for tens of gigawatts of power capacity this decade, scaling to hundreds.
• The initiative is led by Santosh Janardhan (technical architecture), Daniel Gross (long-term strategy), and Dina Powell McCormick (government relations).
• This expansion aligns with industry-wide race for generative AI-ready cloud environments, similar to Microsoft and Alphabet's investments.
• Anticipates significant increase in energy consumption, with US AI electrical demand potentially growing from 5 GW to 50 GW in 10 years.

Why It Matters: Meta's 'Meta Compute' initiative signals a massive, multi-gigawatt expansion of its AI infrastructure globally.