New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- Meta Platforms has struck a sweeping, multiyear agreement with Nvidia that will see the social media company deploy "millions" of the chipmaker's processors across its artificial intelligence data centres, deepening a partnership that has helped define the industry's modern AI boom.

The deal, announced on Tuesday, broadens Meta's use of Nvidia hardware beyond graphics processing units, with the company set to become the first major operator to roll out Nvidia's Grace central processing units as standalone chips at scale.

The partnership will also bring Meta early access to Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin systems, as both companies race to build ever-larger computing clusters to power advanced AI models.

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