Meta to Begin Iris AI Accelerator Production in Sept 2026, Targets 14GW
META•META•META•META•Meta plans to begin manufacturing its Iris AI accelerator chip in September 2026 and has secured long-term supplies of memory, storage and optical components to support a computing expansion reaching 14 gigawatts in 2027. The move could reduce external AI-hardware costs and strengthen Meta's control over its AI infrastructure.
Meta plans to commence manufacturing of its in-house Iris AI accelerator chips in September 2026, marking its first major entry into custom AI silicon development.
The company has locked in long-term agreements for memory modules, storage drives and optical networking equipment to provision a compute infrastructure expected to reach 14 gigawatts of power capacity by 2027.
Bringing AI accelerator production and critical component sourcing in-house could lower hardware costs, improve performance tuning for Meta's AI models and reduce reliance on external chip vendors.
