Zuck bets big on 'personal superintelligence' with $135B splurge

Meta is to nearly double its capital investments aimed at AI this year, spending more on infrastructure than the entire output of some mid-sized economies, as the AI datacenter feeding frenzy shows no sign of ending.

Facebook's parent company disclosed during a conference call covering its FY 2025 earnings that it expects capital expenditure this year to be in the range of $115 billion to $135 billion, compared with the $72.22 billion it invested in 2025.

This increase is to support Meta's Superintelligence Labs as well as its core day-to-day business, according to chief financial officer Susan Li during an earnings conference call with analysts.

If it goes as planned, this means that Meta will fork out about as much on infrastructure as the entire gross domestic product (GDP) of Kenya, which stood at $136 billion in 2025, according to figures from the IMF.

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