Meta Plans Fourth AI Restructuring In Six Months, The Information Report

Meta Platform Inc., rumored to be doing a major restructuring (photo: dock. meta)

JAKARTA - Meta Platform Inc., again reportedly will carry out major restructuring of its artificial intelligence (AI) division, the fourth time in just six months. This news was first reported by The Information on Friday 15 August, citing three sources who knew firsthand the plan of the Silicon Valley company.

According to the report, Meta plans to divide the new unit called Super Intelligence Labs into four main groups. First, a new team called TBD Lab (to be determined), both product teams that include Meta AI assistants, all three infrastructure teams, and all four AI Research (FAIR) Fundamental Laboratories focused on long-term research.

Meta did not immediately comment when asked for a response to the report.

This restructuring was carried out amid the heated AI competition in Silicon Valley. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is said to be increasingly serious in encouraging the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI) machines capable of thinking more than humans while looking for new sources of income for the company.

Previously, Meta had put all its AI efforts into Super Intelligence Labs after receiving an unsatisfactory response to its newest open-source model, Llama 4, as well as a number of senior staff resignations.

In addition to restructuring, Meta is also making a massive expansion to support AI development. The company is working with US bond giant PIMCO and alternative asset manager Blue Owl Capital to lead the US$29 billion (around Rp473 trillion) financing to build new data centers in rural Louisiana.

In July, Zuckerberg stated that Meta is ready to spend hundreds of billions of US dollars for the construction of several giant AI data centers. The company also raised the lower limit for projected annual capital expenditures of 2 billion US dollars, to the range of 66 billion to 72 billion US dollars (Rp1,078 Rp1,176 trillion).

However, the continued soaring costs for data center infrastructure and employee salaries, especially as Meta recruited many high-paid researchers are expected to see operational cost growth in 2026 surpass the growth rate by 2025.