Meta's infrastructure chief steps down after pivotal 15-year tenure

Santosh Janardhan, Meta's head of infrastructure and co-head of engineering, is stepping down after 15 years at the company. He joined in 2009 and oversaw the massive technological build-out that supported Facebook's growth into a global social media and tech powerhouse. He will transition into an advisory role for Meta Compute before leaving next year.

Janardhan will be succeeded by Dave Brown, a recent hire and 19-year Amazon veteran with deep expertise in compute, cloud, and AI. The leadership change comes as Meta's infrastructure spending has exploded to fuel its competitive push into AI and data centers. While the departure marks the end of a significant era, it signals a strategic shift toward new leadership to manage Meta's next phase of compute-intensive growth.