• Meta to deploy Grace and Vera CPUs, Blackwell and Rubin GPUs, Spectrum-X networking and confidential computing for WhatsApp. • NVIDIA announced a multiyear, multigenerational strategic partnership with Meta spanning on-premises, cloud and AI infrastructure. • Meta will build hyperscale data centers optimized for both training and inference in support of the company’s long-term AI infrastructure roadmap. • This partnership will enable the large-scale deployment of NVIDIA CPUs and millions of NVIDIA Blackwell and Rubin GPUs, as well as the integration ofNVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernetswitches for Meta’s Facebook Open Switching System platform. • Expanded NVIDIA CPU deployment for performance boost Meta and NVIDIA are continuing to partner on deploying Arm-based NVIDIA Grace CPUs for Meta’s data center production applications, delivering significant performance-per-watt improvements in its data centers as part of Meta’s long-term infrastructure strategy. • The collaboration represents the first large-scale NVIDIA Grace-only deployment, supported by codesign and software optimization investments in CPU ecosystem libraries to improve performance per watt with every generation.
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- NVIDIA and Meta have announced a multiyear, multigenerational partnership to build hyperscale data centers for training and inference. Meta will deploy NVIDIA’s Arm‑based Grace CPUs, Blackwell and Rubin GPUs, and Spectrum‑X Ethernet switches across on‑premises and cloud environments, aiming to boost performance‑per‑watt and simplify operations. The collaboration includes the first large‑scale Grace‑only deployment, codesign of Vera CPUs for 2027, and unified GB300‑based systems. NVIDIA Confidential Computing will be used for WhatsApp’s private AI processing, with plans to extend privacy‑enhanced AI across Meta’s portfolio. Both companies are jointly optimizing AI models to improve efficiency and performance.
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