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[Ducati996R]

Nice job ..if you can get it

[2BToo]

Apt first name for that guy given he's hopping between jobs ...

[PorkInsider]

@Ducati996R said in Meta News:

Nice job ..if you can get it

I studied AI as part of a degree back in the early 2000s. It was pretty rudimentary stuff then and I've not kept up with it since, but still...

I'd be happy to take on a role at a salary as low as $5m/yr and if it doesn't work out after a few months, there'd be no hard feelings if I was let go.

I should probably let them know I'm available since they haven't been in touch yet...

[Adam Kay]

A,

I'll put a good word in with Mark when we meet

[Renmure Jim]

I’m sure I mentioned that Wendy deals directly with Mark and also The Donald.. but has never been on a private jet or island with either of them!!

[Adam Kay]

it's marvellous, Jim

[Adam Kay]

breaking:
Zuckerberg just posted the following on X

For our superintelligence effort, I'm focused on building the most elite and talent-dense team in the industry. We're also going to invest hundreds of billions of dollars into compute to build superintelligence. We have the capital from our business to do this.SemiAnalysis just reported that Meta is on track to be the first lab to bring a 1GW+ supercluster online. We're actually building several multi-GW clusters. We're calling the first one Prometheus and it's coming online in '26. We're also building Hyperion, which will be able to scale up to 5GW over several years. We're building multiple more titan clusters as well. Just one of these covers a significant part of the footprint of Manhattan.Meta Superintelligence Labs will have industry-leading levels of compute and by far the greatest compute per researcher. I'm looking forward to working with the top researchers to advance the frontier!

There was a rumour 3-4 months ago that Meta gave the green light to a $200B DC-something they denied. Looks like it's true.

Whilst no confirmation, one undeniable fact is that SMCI are their go-to ai rack supplier at scale. Interesting times

[Ronski]

At least they haven't named one Skynet, yet

[Adam Kay]

From the Tech Podcast 'Access' hosted by Alex Heath-guest Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO, discussing the companies Capital Expenditure plans between now and 2028, 3 ish years and $600 billion. Zuck thinks maybe it won't be enough. Interesting, but remember what we have discussed previously. The money has been committed and the systems will be built. Our visibility is 2-3 years out and that is better than we could ever hope for in terms of investment clarity.

The rebuttal to the tech naysayer bubble holds that massive capital expenditure (capex) on AI will persist, driven by the race to achieve Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) or Superintelligent AI (SAI), regardless of short-term monetisation challenges. The argument is that industry leaders—Big Tech, startups, and investors—have committed to a long-term vision where the transformative potential of AGI/SAI justifies sustained investment. The "die has been cast" reflects a point of no return: billions(or trillions) in infrastructure (data centres, GPUs, energy) and talent have already been allocated, and pulling back risks ceding ground to competitors. This leap of faith assumes that breakthroughs will eventually yield exponential returns, even if current ROI is unclear.

[Adam Kay]

Meta, Blue Owl to Finalise Record $30 Billion Private Financing Deal for Louisiana AI Data Centre

Meta is set to complete an approximately $30 billion private capital financing deal — the largest of its kind on record — to fund Meta’s advanced AI data infrastructure project in Louisiana, Bloomberg News reported.
Meta and alternative asset manager Blue Owl Capital will share ownership of the Hyperion data centre site in Richland Parish, Louisiana, with the technology giant retaining 20% of the asset. Hyperion is the largest of Meta’s 29 global data centres — a 4-million-square-foot complex located in rural Louisiana.
Morgan Stanley arranged more than $27 billion in debt and roughly $2.5 billion in equity through a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to finance the development, according to the report. The transaction has been structured through this SPV to support large-scale infrastructure investment.

The site is 2,250 acres. It's gigantic