Zuckerberg plans $65 billion AI data center in Louisiana

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled a plan to invest up to $65 billion by 2025 to advance the company's AI initiatives, including a massive data center in Louisiana that could cover a significant portion of Manhattan. This announcement comes shortly after President Donald Trump and other tech leaders revealed Project Stargate, a $500 billion venture to establish expansive AI data centers across the U.S. Zuckerberg aims for Meta AI to serve over 1 billion users and anticipates the development of an 'AI engineer' capable of coding, which may threaten midlevel engineering jobs. He expects that by the end of the year, Meta will have over 1.3 million GPUs to support these efforts. This marks a substantial increase from previous spending on AI infrastructure, as Meta responds to fierce competition in the AI space. The ambitious goals reflect a broader trend among tech giants to automate and scale AI capabilities significantly.