Meta Taps Broadcom ASICs for AI Data Centers as EU Court Delays $268M Fine
Meta Platforms taps Broadcom’s Tomahawk and Jericho ASICs to power hyperscale data centers as AI infrastructure CAPEX climbs. An EU court has referred WhatsApp’s $268 million privacy fine back to a lower tribunal, extending the legal battle over user-data compliance.
1. Data Center Infrastructure
Meta Platforms has integrated Broadcom’s Tomahawk and Jericho custom ASICs across its hyperscale data centers to meet surging AI compute demands. These chips direct traffic and accelerate workloads for large language models and recommendation engines, supporting a multi-billion-dollar increase in data-center CAPEX over the next several years.
2. WhatsApp Privacy Litigation
The EU’s top court has sent WhatsApp’s €250 million‐plus ($268 million) privacy fine back to a lower tribunal, prolonging appeals over alleged breaches of EU data-transfer rules. This procedural referral delays enforcement of the sanction and sets a timeline for additional hearings on user-data compliance under the GDPR.