Overview

• Zuckerberg announced the construction of Prometheus, a 1-GW AI cluster slated for 2026, and Hyperion, which will scale to 5 GW over several years and cover an area comparable to Manhattan.
• Meta has earmarked up to $72 billion this year for AI development and data centers, part of a broader commitment of hundreds of billions toward next-generation AI infrastructure.
• The company has recruited top AI experts with compensation packages reportedly up to $200 million and acquired a 49% stake in Scale AI for $14.3 billion, naming co-founder Alexandr Wang as Chief AI Officer.
• Meta is considering a shift from open-source to a closed-source strategy for its flagship Behemoth model to safeguard its competitive edge and address safety concerns.
• The US Department of Defense awarded contracts of up to $200 million each to Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and Elon Musk’s xAI, maintaining its partnership with xAI despite the Grok chatbot’s recent antisemitic remarks.