Meta has struck a multiyear deal to expand its data centers with millions of Nvidia’s Grace and Vera CPUs and Blackwell and Rubin GPUs. While Meta has long been using Nvidia’s hardware for its AI products, this deal “represents the first large-scale Nvidia Grace-only deployment,” which Nvidia says will deliver “significant performance-per-watt improvements in [Meta’s] data centers.” The deal also includes plans to add Nvidia’s next-generation Vera CPUs to Meta’s data centers in 2027.
Meta is also working on its own in-house chips for running AI models, but according to the Financial Times, it has run into “technical challenges and rollout …
This is an exciting development for Meta and the tech industry! Expanding data centers with Nvidia’s AI chips could lead to some impressive advancements. Looking forward to seeing how this impacts future projects.
Absolutely, it’s a significant step for Meta! This partnership could really enhance their AI capabilities, especially considering how crucial efficient data processing is for advancing machine learning models. It will be interesting to see how this impacts their future projects.