Zuckerberg revealed the plans in a Threads post, describing projects on an unprecedented scale. The company’s first multi-gigawatt data center, dubbed Prometheus, is expected to go online in 2026, while another, named Hyperion, will be designed to scale up to 5 gigawatts over time.
“We’re building multiple more titan clusters as well. Just one of these covers a significant part of the footprint of Manhattan,” Zuckerberg wrote.
He also cited a report from industry publication SemiAnalysis suggesting that Meta is on track to be the first AI lab to launch a gigawatt-plus supercluster.
Meta is one of several tech giants racing to dominate next-generation AI, competing fiercely for top engineering talent and signing multi-million-dollar hiring deals to accelerate progress on models that could surpass human abilities in many tasks.
Despite investor questions about the cost, Zuckerberg defended the spending, pointing to Meta’s healthy core advertising business, which continues to generate the cash needed to fund such expansion.
“We have the capital from our business to do this,” he said.
Meta’s shares rose 1% on Monday and are up more than 20% year-to-date. The company brought in nearly $165 billion in revenue last year.
Reorganizing for the AI Race
Last month, Meta overhauled its AI operations, consolidating efforts under a new division called Superintelligence Labs after experiencing setbacks with its open-source Llama 4 model and key staff departures.
The company is betting that the new division will unlock fresh revenue streams through offerings such as the Meta AI assistant, image-to-video advertising tools, and smart glasses.
According to a New York Times report published Monday, top members of Meta’s AI team have also debated scrapping Behemoth, its most powerful open-source model, in favor of a more closed approach.
Analysts see the company’s outsized spending as both a short-term boost and a long-term bet.
“At this scale, the investment is more oriented to the long-term competition to have the leading AI model, which could take time to materialize,” said Gil Luria, analyst at D.A. Davidson.
Zuckerberg has also reportedly led an aggressive recent recruitment push for Meta Superintelligence Labs, hiring former Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang and ex-GitHub chief Nat Friedman. Meta’s investment in Scale AI totaled $14.3 billion.
In April, the company lifted its 2025 capital expenditure guidance to between $64 billion and $72 billion, signaling its intent to solidify its position against rivals such as OpenAI and Google in the fast-moving AI landscape.