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Meta Unveils Multi-Gigawatt AI Centers as Pentagon Awards $200M Contracts

These moves aim to secure U.S. leadership in AI through massive new data centers backed by four Pentagon contracts of up to $200 million each.

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Overview

  • Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that the Prometheus data center will begin operations in 2026, with Hyperion designed to scale to 5 gigawatts over several years and Titan clusters planned to cover areas the size of Manhattan.
  • The company has earmarked hundreds of billions of dollars for AI investments, including $72 billion this year and a 49 percent stake in Scale AI alongside the hiring of its co-founder Alexandr Wang as Chief AI Officer.
  • The U.S. Department of Defense awarded contracts of up to $200 million each to Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI to develop agent-based AI workflows aimed at enhancing military command and studying deployment risks.
  • Elon Musk’s xAI has introduced ‘Grok for Government’ to give federal, state and local agencies direct access to its Grok 4 model along with specialized tools for research and analysis.
  • Experts caution that operating multi-gigawatt AI clusters could place unprecedented strain on local power grids and fuel policy debates over the energy footprint of large-scale AI infrastructure.