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Meta to Invest $65B in AI for 2025, Says Zuckerberg

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Alicia Shapiro
January 27, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes

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Meta to Invest $65B in AI for 2025, Says Zuckerberg

Meta Platforms plans to invest $60 billion to $65 billion in 2025, marking a pivotal year for its artificial intelligence efforts, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In a Facebook post, Zuckerberg shared that Meta is developing a data center "so large it would cover a significant part of Manhattan" to power its AI initiatives. The facility will bring 1 gigawatt of computing power online next year and surpass 1.3 million GPU chips by year-end.

Key Highlights

  • Increased Investment: Meta’s 2025 capital expenditures are expected to rise significantly from its estimated $38-$40 billion in 2024.

  • AI Data Center: The new data center will ultimately provide over 2 gigawatts of computing power to support AI advancements, including the Llama 4 large language model.

  • Market Performance: Meta’s stock hit an all-time high of $647.49 on Friday, up 65% over the past year.

  • Llama 4 Rollout: Analysts expect Llama 4, Meta’s latest large language model, to debut this year, boosting AI functionality. Zuckerberg anticipates the model will serve over 1 billion people as a leading virtual assistant.

Broader AI Landscape

Zuckerberg’s announcement follows news of Stargate, a $500 billion U.S. AI initiative unveiled earlier in the week, which has further energized the AI sector. JPMorgan analysts have highlighted Meta's potential to rival AI innovations such as OpenAI’s Operator AI agent, launched last Thursday.

Zuckerberg’s Vision

In his post, Zuckerberg emphasized that AI will become integral to Meta’s core products and business. He envisions Meta AI contributing increasingly to research and development efforts while bolstering American technology leadership globally.

“This will be a defining year for AI,” Zuckerberg wrote. “Llama 4 will become the leading state of the art model, and we'll build an AI engineer that will start contributing increasing amounts of code to our R&D efforts. Let’s go build!”

Looking Ahead

Meta's substantial investment in AI infrastructure underscores the intensifying competition among tech giants to lead in artificial intelligence. Similarly, OpenAI, in partnership with SoftBank and Oracle, has announced the Stargate Project—a $500 billion initiative to build AI infrastructure in the United States. The project's initial phase includes constructing a massive data center in Texas, with plans to invest $100 billion immediately. These parallel endeavors highlight the industry's commitment to advancing AI capabilities and securing technological leadership.

Editor’s Note: This article was created by Alicia Shapiro, CMO of AiNews.com, with writing, image, and idea-generation support from ChatGPT, an AI assistant. However, the final perspective and editorial choices are solely Alicia Shapiro’s. Special thanks to ChatGPT for assistance with research and editorial support in crafting this article.