Meta infrastructure head Santosh Janardhan to step down in 2027, succeeded by Dave Brown

Meta Platforms Inc. announced that longtime infrastructure head and engineering co-leader Santosh Janardhan will step down in early 2027. Dave Brown, a former Amazon Web Services senior vice president who joined Meta earlier this year, will take over operational leadership. Janardhan, who joined the company in October 2009, will remain through the first quarter of 2027 and advise as Chief Technology Officer of Meta Compute. The leadership transition comes as Meta accelerates artificial intelligence buildouts, having deployed $34.91 billion in third-quarter capital expenditures and raised its full-year 2026 guidance to between $135 billion and $145 billion.