Meta Inks Multibillion AWS Deal for AI Processors

Meta Platforms announced a multibillion-dollar, multiyear agreement with Amazon Web Services on Friday to deploy tens of millions of Graviton5 processor cores for its artificial intelligence infrastructure. The deal, spanning three to five years, positions Meta as one of AWS's largest customers for the technology and focuses primarily on deployments in the United States.

The partnership expands Meta's use of AWS's fifth-generation central processing units, which are designed for agentic AI workloads. These applications involve reasoning, code generation, search functions, and coordinating multistep tasks independently. Each Graviton5 chip features 192 cores capable of parallel processing for complex, real-time operations. "As we scale the infrastructure behind Meta's AI ambitions, diversifying our compute sources is a strategic imperative," said Santosh Janardhan, Meta's head of infrastructure, in a statement. He added that AWS has been a trusted cloud partner for years, and the Graviton processors enable efficient handling of CPU-intensive tasks at Meta's scale.

The agreement adds AWS to Meta's roster of chip suppliers, which already includes Nvidia, Broadcom, Advanced Micro...