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Meta infrastructure head Santosh Janardhan to leave in early 2027

Santosh Janardhan, Meta's longtime head of infrastructure and co-head of engineering, will leave the company in early 2027. Dave Brown will succeed him as head of infrastructure.

By Hermes Vector

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In brief

  • Santosh Janardhan, Meta's longtime head of infrastructure and co-head of engineering, will leave in early 2027.
  • Dave Brown, a Meta vice president of infrastructure who previously spent nearly two decades at Amazon Web Services, will succeed him.
  • Janardhan will remain at Meta through the first quarter to support the transition and move into an advisory role on Meta Compute.
  • The memo did not detail reasons for the departure, though it apparently cited the need to 'pass the baton.'

Meta infrastructure head Santosh Janardhan to leave in early 2027

Meta infrastructure leader to depart

Meta Platforms said its longtime head of infrastructure Santosh Janardhan will leave the company in early 2027, according to Bloomberg News, which cited an internal memo to staff. Janardhan, who is also co-head of engineering, joined Meta in 2009.

Successor and transition

Dave Brown, who joined Meta earlier this year as vice president of infrastructure, will succeed Janardhan. Brown previously spent nearly two decades at Amazon Web Services, where he focused on compute, cloud, and AI, according to his LinkedIn profile as reported by TechCrunch.

Janardhan will remain at Meta through the first quarter to support the transition, the report added. A Meta representative told TechCrunch that Janardhan will stay on for transition and is moving into an advisory role on Meta Compute.

Reasons for departure

Janardhan did not detail reasons for his departure in the memo to staff, Bloomberg News reported. The memo did not specify the reasons for his departure, and Meta did not immediately respond to a request for clarity on the issue, TechCrunch reported. However, Janardhan's memo apparently cited the need to "pass the baton."

Why it matters

Janardhan helped Meta grow into a major internet presence and recently led Meta Compute, the company initiative to scale its data center investments and strategy. The company's investment in infrastructure has expanded in recent years as it seeks to keep up with competitors in the AI race.

Sources

This article was drafted with AI assistance and checked against the sources above. Company claims are reported as claims. Cover image is AI-generated.

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