Meta Begins Infrastructure Handover to David Brown

Meta has begun transferring leadership of its infrastructure operations from longtime executive Santosh Janardhan to David Brown, a former Amazon Web Services executive who joined the company in July. Janardhan is expected to remain involved through the first quarter of 2027 to support the handover, according to an internal memo he sent to employees.

Brown will oversee Meta’s infrastructure operations and serve as chief technology officer of Meta Compute, the company’s initiative focused on building and operating computing infrastructure for artificial intelligence. Meta President and Vice Chairman Dina Powell McCormick and technical leader Daniel Gross lead the initiative. Janardhan, who joined Meta in 2009, is also a co-head of engineering.

In the memo, Janardhan said it was time for Brown to take the lead as Meta considers its next priorities. Brown previously served as a senior vice president at Amazon Web Services, where he worked on compute and machine-learning services. The reports describe his move into the leadership role as a succession rather than a departure from Meta by Janardhan before the transition period ends.

The change comes as Meta expands data-center capacity...