'Tens of millions of Graviton cores': AWS scores huge coup as Meta 'buys' hundreds of thousands of CPUs and infrastructure, confirming Jeff Bezos' hyperscaler as the essential backbone of the agentic AI Era in a major blow to AMD and Intel ambitions
Meta has committed to deploying tens of millions of AWS Graviton Arm cores as part of a major infrastructure agreement with Amazon Web Services. This deal includes not just processors but full-stack infrastructure, signaling a strategic shift in how Meta scales its AI operations. The move strengthens AWS's position in the AI era and poses a challenge to traditional chipmakers like Intel and AMD.
- ▪Meta is adopting tens of millions of AWS Graviton cores, making it one of the largest Graviton customers globally.
- ▪The agreement covers complete infrastructure, including networking, power, and management layers, not just hardware.
- ▪Graviton5 chips are optimized for agentic AI workloads, featuring 192 Arm Neoverse V3 cores and support for DDR5 8800 memory.
- ▪Agentic AI systems require significant CPU power for real-time reasoning, code generation, and multi-step task orchestration.
- ▪This partnership expansion underscores AWS's growing role as a foundational player in large-scale AI infrastructure.
- ▪The deal is a strategic setback for Intel and AMD, which have been vying for dominance in AI computing.
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Pro 'Tens of millions of Graviton cores': AWS scores huge coup as Meta 'buys' hundreds of thousands of CPUs and infrastructure, confirming Jeff Bezos' hyperscaler as the essential backbone of the agentic AI Era in a major blow to AMD and Intel ambitions News By Efosa Udinmwen published 1 May 2026 Meta relies on AWS instead of expanding internal data centers When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Meta) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Meta commits to tens of millions of hosted Graviton coresThe deal includes infrastructure, networking, power, and…
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