$60 billion in one year: Mark Zuckerberg touts Meta’s AI investments

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Friday that the company plans to build a massive data center in Louisiana to power its newest AI model, Llama 4, which is set to launch this year.

In a Facebook post, Zuckerberg said the company would invest more than $60 billion into AI including the data center, which he noted would be “so large it would cover a significant part of Manhattan.”

“This will be a defining year for AI. In 2025, I expect Meta AI will be the leading assistant serving more…