Meta Creates Meta Compute Division to Build Gigawatt-Scale AI Infrastructure

Summary

On January 13, 2026, Meta announced the creation of Meta Compute, a new top-level organizational unit dedicated to building out the company's AI infrastructure at unprecedented scale. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the initiative in a Facebook post, stating that Meta plans to build "tens of gigawatts this decade, and hundreds of gigawatts or more over time," positioning infrastructure engineering as a core strategic advantage. Zuckerberg appointed Santosh Janardhan, head of global infrastructure