Meta Infrastructure Chief Santosh Janardhan to Leave in Early 2027

Meta's longtime infrastructure chief Santosh Janardhan plans to step down from leading the company's infrastructure organization in early 2027, according to an internal memo reported by Bloomberg.

Janardhan, Meta's head of infrastructure and co-head of engineering, told staff about the change on Wednesday. He did not give a reason in the memo, Bloomberg reported.

Dave Brown, a former Amazon Web Services executive who joined Meta this year, is set to take over the infrastructure team. Janardhan will remain through the first quarter to help with the transition and then advise as chief technology officer of Meta Compute, The Next Web reported, citing Bloomberg's account.

Janardhan joined Facebook in 2009 and helped develop the data centers, networks and custom chips behind the company's services. His planned departure comes as Meta commits heavily to the computing capacity needed for artificial intelligence.

Meta Compute was formed to help plan and secure the company's long-term computing resources. The leadership change places Brown in charge of a major part of the infrastructure that supports Meta's AI ambitions.