Zuckerberg expects to invest as much as $65 billion to further Meta’s AI ambitions, which includes a data center ‘so large it would cover a significant part of Manhattan.’

On Friday, Mark Zuckerberg announced a $60-65 billion investment into Meta AI.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the company plans to invest around $60 billion to $65 billion in capital expenditures this year

Zuckerberg expects Meta’s AI assistant — available across its services, including Facebook and Instagram — to serve more than 1 billion people in 2025.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company will spend up to $65 billion as it looks to "significantly" grow its artificial intelligence team

DeepSeek will not derail Microsoft and Meta spending a combined $US145bn ($232.3bn) on artificial intelligence this year, with Mark Zuckerberg steaming ahead with plans to build a data centre almost the size of Manhattan.

Mark Zuckerberg said this year will be a "defining" year for AI, announcing plans to spend over $60-$65 billion in capital expenditures.

Meta Platforms (META) is planning to spend $60B to $65B to build out the company's artificial intelligence infrastructure.

Meta’s chief executive said the funds will be used to build a data centre ‘so large that it would cover a significant part of Manhattan’.

Zuckerberg anticipates that Meta's AI assistant will serve more than 1 billion people in 2025, up from approximately 600 million monthly active users in 2024. Meta Platforms has announced plans to invest up to $65bn this year to expand its artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.

The company intends to use the funds to build a data center “so large that it would cover a significant part of Manhattan,” Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post.

Meta Platforms plans to spend as much as $65 billion this year to expand its AI infrastructure, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday, aiming to bolster the company's position against rivals OpenAI and Google in the race to dominate the technology.