Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab is to invest up to $65 billion this year to build its AI infrastructure, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, hoping to strengthen the company’s position against rivals OpenAI and Google in the fight to dominate the technology.
As part of the investment, Meta will increase employment for artificial intelligence positions and construct a more than 2-gigawatt data center large enough to cover much of Manhattan.
The company, which is one of the leading buyers of Nvidia’s (NVDA.O) sought-after AI chips, expects to have over 1.3 million graphics processors by the end of the year and over 1 GW of processing power online by 2025.
“This will be a defining year for AI,” Zuckerberg stated in a Facebook post. “This is a massive effort, and over the coming years it will drive our core products and business.”
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Following the success of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, major technology businesses have invested tens of billions of dollars in AI infrastructure development.

Meta’s statement comes just days after US President Donald Trump stated that OpenAI, SoftBank (9984.T), and Oracle (ORCL.N), will join a partnership named Stargate to spend $500 billion in AI infrastructure across the United States.
Earlier this month, Microsoft announced plans to invest over $80 billion in fiscal 2025 to create data centers, while Amazon.com (AMZN.O) has stated that its 2025 investment will exceed an expected $75 billion in 2024.
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“Zuckerberg is communicating to the market that he does not want to finish second in the AI race. The timing of the release was most certainly influenced by Stargate, which generated a sense of urgency in conveying a statement,” D.A. Davidson analyst Gil Luria explained.

The company has emerged as a major player in the AI race thanks to its AI chatbot, Ray-Ban smart glasses, and open-source approach, which distinguishes it from competitors by allowing consumers and businesses to use their Llama AI models for free.
Zuckerberg expects Meta’s AI assistant, which is available across its services, to serve more than 1 billion people by 2025, up from approximately 600 million monthly active users last year.
The $60 billion to $65 billion capital spending anticipated for 2025 is a significant increase above the company’s estimated expenditure of $38 billion to $40 billion last year. According to LSEG data, it exceeds experts’ estimates of $50.25 billion in 2025.
Meta is scheduled to release its fourth-quarter results on January 29.
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