Meta taps former AWS executive Dave Brown to lead infrastructure organization

The former AWS veteran is set to take over Meta's data center and AI buildout as capital spending climbs Meta ’s infrastructure chief, Santosh Janardhan, will step down in 2027. Dave Brown, a recent hire who spent nearly 19 years at Amazon Web Services, is set to take his place. That would be routine corporate housekeeping at most companies. At Meta, the infrastructure job now comes with a capital budget expected to land between $125 billion and $145 billion in 2026, so the handoff matters a great deal. Janardhan is a long-tenured Meta insider. His time at the company dates back to 2009, and he has overseen Meta’s global infrastructure, including its data centers and networks, since at least 2022. Brown is the newcomer.

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