Meta Platforms will change the head of its AI infrastructure division from Santosh Janardhan to former AWS executive Dave Brown. Departing executive Santosh Janardhan is scheduled to leave in early 2027.
Meta announced a change in the executive overseeing data center construction. Santosh Janardhan will leave in early 2027, and the position will change to former AWS Senior Vice President Dave Brown. Janardhan disclosed the move in an internal memo.
Brown joined Meta in July and is scheduled to formally oversee infrastructure operations and serve as CTO of Meta's compute initiative. Janardhan will remain until his departure to advise on technology development, with the transition period running through the first quarter of 2027.
Meta is in the middle of a major investment cycle, and capital expenditure is increasing. Full-year 2026 capital expenditure guidance was $135–145 billion, while third-quarter capital expenditure was $34.91 billion and free cash flow was negative $2.12 billion.
S&P Global Ratings downgraded Meta's credit rating outlook to AA- negative in late October, making capital allocation for infrastructure investment a focus of market attention.