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Meta recently announced plans to invest $600 billion in U.S. infrastructure and employment by 2028. Although the statement offered few concrete details and was replete with the familiar self-congratulatory language characteristic of major tech corporations, it is evident that the vast majority of this funding will be directed toward building AI data centers.
In a blog post, Meta explained:
“By building in the US, we’re not only advancing AI technology and infrastructure, but also creating jobs, supporting local economies, and reinforcing America’s technological leadership.”
If the combination of “Meta” and “$600 billion” sounds familiar, that is because CEO Mark Zuckerberg first mentioned the figure during a high-profile dinner with tech executives at the White House in September of this year.
What truly captured public attention, however, was an inadvertent “hot-mic” moment during that event, in which a private exchange between Zuckerberg and President Donald Trump was recorded. Zuckerberg was heard saying, “Sorry, I wasn’t ready,” followed by, “I wasn’t sure what number you wanted to go with.”
Meta’s official announcement now confirms that the $600 billion figure discussed that evening was, in fact, the final investment number the company chose to formalize.
To support this ambitious declaration, Meta shared several statistics: since 2010, its data centers have created over 30,000 technical roles and 5,000 operational jobs, while contributing more than $20 billion in business to American contractors.
The statement also revived the term “superintelligence,” previously invoked by Zuckerberg in July, when he announced a separate round of data center investments. At the time, he described Meta’s AI-powered glasses as central to this vision of the future, predicting that anyone not wearing AI-enhanced eyewear would ultimately face a “pretty significant cognitive disadvantage.”
Yet this notion has stirred unease among prominent technology figures such as Steve Wozniak and Geoffrey Hinton, who have warned that the development of superintelligence should be halted until it can be proven safe and controllable.
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