India, Feb. 25 -- AMD and Meta have finalised a multi-year, multi-generation agreement to deploy 6 gigawatts of AI compute power. This partnership focuses on scaling Meta's infrastructure through the deployment of AMD Instinct GPUs and EPYC CPUs. The first gigawatt of this deployment will begin in the second half of 2026.

The collaboration centres on a custom AMD Instinct GPU based on the MI450 architecture. AMD tailored this silicon specifically for Meta's AI models and inference requirements. This move signals Meta's strategy to diversify its compute sources as it develops what CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls "personal superintelligence."

The deployment will use the AMD Helios rack-scale architecture. Developed through the Open Compute Proj...