Meta is set to dramatically increase its AI infrastructure spending to between $60 billion and $65 billion, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg. As reported by Meghan Bobrowsky in The Wall Street Journal, this represents a roughly 70% increase over 2024 expenditure levels. The announcement comes shortly after competing tech companies unveiled the $500 billion Stargate initiative backed by President Trump.
The investment will focus on expanding Meta’s data center capacity, including a new facility in Louisiana that the company claims will cover an area comparable to a significant portion of Manhattan. Meta expects to deploy more than 1.3 million GPUs and bring one gigawatt of computing power online by year’s end.
The company already operates 27 data centers worldwide and broke ground on six new facilities in 2024. Zuckerberg emphasized that 2025 will be “a defining year for AI” and that the investment will drive core products while strengthening American technology leadership.
Meta’s AI portfolio includes open-source models and integrated chatbots across its applications. The company is also developing an AI system capable of writing its own code. According to Deutsche Bank analyst Ben Black, investors are likely to support this aggressive AI strategy as long as Meta maintains strong revenue growth, with analysts projecting a 17% year-over-year increase.