New Delhi, April 10 -- Meta is scaling its artificial intelligence ambitions with a fresh $21 billion deal with CoreWeave, underscoring how access to compute is fast becoming the real battleground in AI.

The agreement, which runs through 2032, expands an already growing relationship between the two companies. With this, CoreWeave's total contracts with Meta now stand at $35 billion, placing the social media giant among its largest customers.

At a time when AI capabilities are increasingly tied to infrastructure scale, this deal reflects a clear shift: the race is no longer just about models; it is about who can power them.

Meta's latest move comes as it pushes aggressively to build and deploy large-scale AI models. The company has been...