Meta announces hundreds of billions of dollars in AI infrastructure investment to achieve superintelligence, plans to operate the multi-gigawatt AI factory 'Prometheus' in 2026 and the 5 gigawatt 'Hyperion' a few years later

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his plans to invest in AI infrastructure on his social media account. Meta aims to achieve superintelligence and plans to operate multiple gigawatt-class AI infrastructures in the next few years.

Meta has developed high-performance AI models, including the Llama series . Zuckerberg has been focusing on talent acquisition and investment in computing facilities to promote the development of AI, and in July 2025, it was revealed that he established the superintelligence development team 'Meta Superintelligence Labs'.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces the establishment of 'Meta Superintelligence Labs' to develop AI that surpasses human knowledge - GIGAZINE

Zuckerberg recently revealed that he plans to invest hundreds of billions of dollars to build the large-scale computing facilities necessary to develop superintelligence. According to posts on Facebook and Threads, Meta is building a multi-gigawatt AI infrastructure called 'Prometheus' with the aim of starting operations in 2026. The company also plans to start operating a 5-gigawatt AI infrastructure called 'Hyperion' within a few years, which will be large enough to cover the entire island of Manhattan in New York.

'Meta Superintelligence Labs will have industry-leading computing resources and highly skilled researchers. I look forward to working with top researchers to advance the frontier of AI,' said Zuckerberg, highlighting that Meta's facilities and talent are world-class.