January 24th.Meta Chief Executive OfficerZuckerbergLocal time on January 24 in the social platform Facebook said that it will achieve about 1GW of online computing in 2025 toBy the end of the year, Meta will have more than 1.3 million GPU.
Zuckerberg said.Meta plans to invest between $60 billion and $65 billion (note: currently around Rs. 437,178 million to Rs. 473,609 million) this year in capital expenditures, as well as significantly grow its AI team.
This is a significant increase from Meta's capital expenditures of $35 billion to $40 billion last year. It's worth noting that earlier this month, Microsoft also announced that it would spend $80 billion on AI data centers.
Zuckerberg also said that Meta will be building a $10 billion data center in Richland Parish in northeastern Louisiana. He mentioned, "Meta is building a more than 2GW data center that is large enough to cover a significant portion of Manhattan." The data center was first announced last December and at 4 million square feet, it is Meta's largest data center project to date. Preliminary work has already begun and construction is expected to continue through 2030.
Zuckerberg emphasized, "This will be a pivotal year for AI. It's a huge endeavor that will drive our core products and business over the next few years, unlock the potential for historic innovation, and solidify America's leadership in technology." He also added that Meta "has the capital to continue investing in the coming years."
