Semiconductor design company Arm and Meta have entered a multi-year partnership to enhance Meta’s artificial intelligence systems. The collaboration involves migrating Meta’s ranking and recommendation engines to Arm’s Neoverse platform, which is optimized for cloud-based AI applications.
“AI is transforming how people connect and create,” said Santosh Janardhan, Meta’s head of infrastructure. “Partnering with Arm enables us to efficiently scale that innovation to the more than 3 billion people who use Meta’s apps and technologies.”
Arm, known for its mobile CPU architecture, is emphasizing its advantage in low-power deployments. Arm CEO Rene Haas stated, “AI’s next era will be defined by delivering efficiency at scale. Partnering with Meta, we’re uniting Arm’s performance-per-watt leadership with Meta’s AI innovation.”
This partnership aligns with Meta’s significant investment in expanding its data center network to meet projected AI demand. The company is developing a project codenamed “Prometheus” in New Albany, Ohio, which is expected to provide multiple gigawatts of power by 2027. A 200-megawatt natural-gas plant is also under construction to directly supply the site.
Additionally, Meta is building the “Hyperion” data center campus on a 2,250-acre site in northwest Louisiana. This facility is designed to deliver 5 gigawatts of computational power upon completion, with construction scheduled to continue through 2030. Some sections of the campus may become operational before the final completion date.
The agreement between Arm and Meta does not include an exchange of ownership stakes or significant physical infrastructure. This structure distinguishes it from other recent AI-related deals. Nvidia, for example, has made a $100 billion phased commitment to OpenAI and has also invested billions in companies including Elon Musk’s xAI, Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab, and the French AI lab Mistral.
