LinkedIn Won’t Be Expanding Its Data Centers in the Next Year
Paresh DaveBusinessJul 30, 2026 6:15 AMLinkedIn Won’t Be Expanding Its Data Centers in the Next YearDespite the ongoing AI boom, LinkedIn is holding the line on compute spending. Instead, it’s challenging engineers to make every GPU count.Photograph: Phil Ashley/Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyUnlike many other big tech platforms, LinkedIn has decided it won’t spend aggressively on expanding its AI data centers this fiscal year. Executives at the professional social network tell WIRED that it plans to keep its investment in GPUs steady, and its compute and storage footprint is also remaining flat.The spending calculations apply to LinkedIn’s fiscal year that began last month and ends next June.
- ▪Paresh DaveBusinessJul 30, 2026 6:15 AMLinkedIn Won’t Be Expanding Its Data Centers in the Next YearDespite the ongoing AI boom, LinkedIn is holding the line on compute spending.
- ▪Instead, it’s challenging engineers to make every GPU count.Photograph: Phil Ashley/Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyUnlike many other big tech platforms, LinkedIn has decided it won’t
- ▪Executives at the professional social network tell WIRED that it plans to keep its investment in GPUs steady, and its compute and storage footprint is also remaining flat.The spending calculations apply to LinkedIn’s fiscal year that began
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Paresh DaveBusinessJul 30, 2026 6:15 AMLinkedIn Won’t Be Expanding Its Data Centers in the Next YearDespite the ongoing AI boom, LinkedIn is holding the line on compute spending. Instead, it’s challenging engineers to make every GPU count.Photograph: Phil Ashley/Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyUnlike many other big tech platforms, LinkedIn has decided it won’t spend aggressively on expanding its AI data centers this fiscal year. Executives at the professional social network tell WIRED that it plans to keep its investment in GPUs steady, and its compute and storage footprint is also remaining flat.The spending calculations apply to LinkedIn’s fiscal year that began last month and ends next June.
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