Arm, a leading semiconductor design company, has announced a new partnership with Meta aimed at enhancing the social media giant’s artificial intelligence capabilities. As part of the collaboration, Meta will shift its recommendation and ranking systems to Arm’s Neoverse platform—recently upgraded to support cloud-based AI deployments and other high-performance uses.
“AI is transforming how people connect and create,” said Santosh Janardhan, who leads Meta’s infrastructure efforts. He emphasized that by teaming up with Arm, Meta can more efficiently scale its AI technologies to serve the more than 3 billion users across its platforms.
Although Arm is primarily recognized for its dominance in mobile CPU architecture, its GPU products have not received as much attention, especially when compared to competitors like Nvidia. However, the company is now placing greater focus on its strengths in power efficiency—an increasingly important factor in the growing AI infrastructure race.
“Efficiency at scale will define the next era of AI,” stated Arm CEO Rene Haas. He noted that combining Arm’s leadership in performance-per-watt with Meta’s drive for AI innovation creates a powerful synergy that meets the demands of modern computing.
The agreement comes at a time when Meta is significantly expanding its data center infrastructure to support its AI growth plans. One such initiative, code-named “Prometheus,” is currently under construction in New Albany, Ohio. This facility is expected to go online in 2027 and will draw from a dedicated 200-megawatt natural gas power project.
In addition, Meta is working on a large-scale data center campus in northwest Louisiana, known internally as “Hyperion.” Spanning over 2,250 acres, the project is designed to deliver up to 5 gigawatts of computing power once fully operational. Construction will continue through 2030, though some portions may become functional sooner.
Unlike several recent AI-related deals, this partnership between Arm and Meta does not involve any exchange of equity or shared physical infrastructure. This sets it apart from more investment-heavy collaborations seen elsewhere in the industry.
Other tech giants are pursuing more aggressive strategies. Nvidia, for example, is committing $100 billion to OpenAI in a phased rollout and has made billion-dollar investments in xAI, Thinking Machines Lab, and France’s Mistral. Meanwhile, AMD has pledged to provide OpenAI with 6 gigawatts of compute power, along with stock options potentially worth up to 10% of AMD’s value.
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