Meta Infrastructure Chief Santosh Janardhan to Step Down

Meta Platforms Inc. will undergo a leadership transition in its infrastructure division as Santosh Janardhan, the company's infrastructure chief and engineering co-head, prepares to step down in early 2027. Janardhan, who has been with the company since 2009, will transition operational leadership to Dave Brown, a former Amazon Web Services executive who joined Meta this year.

To ensure an orderly handover, Janardhan will remain with the company through the first quarter of 2027 serving as the chief technology officer of Meta Compute. This transition occurs during a period of aggressive expansion in artificial intelligence infrastructure. Meta has raised its full-year 2026 capital expenditures outlook to between $135 billion and $145 billion to support generative AI workloads and model training.

In the third quarter alone, the company spent $34.91 billion to secure the necessary data centers, custom chips, and compute capacity required for its AI ambitions.