Meta is losing its longtime head of infrastructure

Summary

• Santosh Janardhan, Meta's longtime head of infrastructure and co-head of engineering, is stepping down from the company.
• Dave Brown, who joined Meta as vice president of infrastructure earlier this year, will replace Janardhan.
• Brown previously spent 19 years at Amazon focusing on compute, cloud, & AI.
• Janardhan will remain at Meta for a transition period before leaving next year while moving into an advisory role on Meta Compute.
• Janardhan originally joined Meta in 2009 & helped the firm grow into a massive internet presence.
• Bloomberg originally reported the departure citing an internal memo that did not specify reasons for leaving.
• Janardhan's memo cited the need to "pass the baton" as the reason for his departure.
• Meta has recently increased investment in infrastructure to compete in the AI race.
• Janardhan was tasked earlier this year with leading Meta Compute, an initiative to scale data center investments & strategy.