Meta’s Head of Infrastructure, Engineering to Step Down in 2027

Meta's head of infrastructure and co-head of engineering Santosh Janardhan will depart in early 2027 after 17 years at the company, according to multiple reports. Janardhan, who joined Meta in 2009, announced his upcoming departure in an internal memo that cited the need to "pass the baton," though the memo did not specify reasons for his exit. He will remain through the first quarter of 2027 in an advisory role on Meta Compute to support the transition.

Dave Brown, who joined Meta as vice president of infrastructure in July 2026 after 19 years at Amazon Web Services where he focused on compute, cloud, and AI, will assume leadership of infrastructure and serve as CTO of the Meta Compute initiative. The leadership change comes as Meta aggressively expands its data center operations to support AI capabilities. The company disclosed in its Q3 earnings that it expects full-year capital expenditure within a high guidance range and logged negative free cash flow, drawing investor scrutiny over capital spending. Brown's appointment is seen as bringing deep experience in dependable infrastructure for demanding workloads to execute Meta's compute and data-center roadmap.