Meta Announces Infrastructure Leadership Transition to Former AWS Executive David Brown
Meta Platforms (META) has announced that Santosh Janardhan, the company's head of infrastructure and co-head of engineering, will depart in 2027. He will be succeeded by David Brown, a former Amazon Web Services (AWS) senior vice president who joined Meta in July. Brown will lead infrastructure efforts and serve as CTO of the 'Meta Compute' initiative. The leadership change comes as CEO Mark Zuckerberg ramps up data center expansion to support AI ambitions. This transition occurs amid heightened investor scrutiny regarding massive capital expenditures, with Meta projecting full-year capex between $135 billion and $145 billion. The company also recently faced a credit rating outlook revision from S&P Global Ratings following negative free cash flow.
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