Today, Meta has announced a new agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to integrate tens of millions of AWS Graviton cores into its computing resources. This move positions Meta as one of the largest users of Graviton technology globally. These processing cores are crucial components within CPUs that enable them to handle the complex workloads necessary for the development of advanced agentic AI systems.
This agreement further strengthens Meta’s long-standing relationship with AWS. By incorporating Amazon’s custom silicon, Meta aims to diversify its computing capabilities to meet the growing demands of its AI systems. The initial phase will involve deploying tens of millions of Graviton cores, with the option to expand as Meta’s AI capabilities advance.
Core Processing for the Future of AI
As Meta intensifies its focus on agentic AI, which involves autonomous systems capable of reasoning, planning, and executing sophisticated tasks, its computing needs are evolving. Nafea Bshara, Vice President and Distinguished Engineer at Amazon, stated, “This isn’t just about chips; it’s about providing customers with the infrastructure foundation, as well as data and inference services, to build AI that understands, anticipates, and scales efficiently to billions of people worldwide.” The collaboration with AWS, deploying numerous Graviton cores, showcases the potential when custom silicon is combined with AWS’s comprehensive AI stack to power the future of agentic AI.
AWS Graviton5 cores are designed to deliver faster data processing and increased bandwidth, essential for AI systems that must continuously reason and perform tasks on a large scale.
Our Portfolio Approach
Meta’s agreement with AWS reflects its infrastructure strategy, emphasizing a diversified approach to building AI at scale. This strategy includes investing in proprietary data centers and custom hardware, partnering with cloud providers offering unique capabilities, and continuously assessing which architectures best suit specific workloads. By incorporating AWS Graviton cores, Meta ensures it has the appropriate computing resources for each workload.
Santosh Janardhan, Head of Infrastructure at Meta, commented, “As we scale the infrastructure behind Meta’s AI ambitions, diversifying our compute sources is a strategic imperative. AWS has been a trusted cloud partner for years, and expanding to Graviton allows us to run the CPU-intensive workloads behind agentic AI with the performance and efficiency we need at our scale.”
As Meta continues to expand the systems supporting its AI and agentic experiences, which serve billions of users, partnerships like this one are essential to building efficiently, flexibly, and at the pace required by its ambitions.
