Santosh Janardhan, Meta’s infrastructure chief since at least 2022, will leave the company in 2027. Dave Brown, who joined in July 2026 after nearly 19 years at Amazon Web Services, will succeed him and oversee data center expansion and Meta Compute. The transition comes as Meta’s 2026 capital spending is projected at between $125 billion and $145 billion, while its artificial intelligence compute initiative targets tens of gigawatts of capacity by the end of the decade. Brown will also oversee the expansion of the Louisiana Hyperion project, which aims for 5 gigawatts and more than $50 billion in investment, as well as potential external cloud services. The early departure announcement, with Brown already reporting directly to Janardhan, should allow a gradual transfer of institutional knowledge and reduce transition risks.
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