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Dave Brown to replace Santosh Janardhan as Meta infrastructure chief
Janardhan will stay during the transition and take an advisory role at Meta Compute, the company said.
Meta’s longtime infrastructure chief and co-head of engineering, Santosh Janardhan, will step down, the company said. Dave Brown, who became Meta’s vice president of infrastructure earlier in 2026, will succeed him.
Meta said Janardhan would remain with the company during the handover and move into an advisory position at Meta Compute. He joined Meta in 2009 and was assigned earlier in 2026 to lead the initiative, which focuses on expanding the company’s data center investments and strategy.
Brown previously worked at Amazon for 19 years, with a focus on compute, cloud and artificial intelligence, according to his LinkedIn profile.
The leadership change comes as Meta has sharply increased infrastructure spending to compete in AI. The reason for Janardhan’s departure remains unclear: an internal memo did not give a reason, and Meta did not immediately answer a request for further explanation.