Meta Weighs Selling AI Compute as Muse Spark Drives Usage Higher

4 articles · Updated · Computerworld · May 29

Mark Zuckerberg told shareholders Meta could eventually sell API access or premium compute services, opening the door to competition with Amazon, Microsoft and Google.
External companies have already asked Meta for those services, but Zuckerberg said Meta has held back because it still needs the capacity for its own workloads.
Years of data-center expansion and Meta's push to develop in-house AI chips could leave the company with excess compute later, creating a path to a cloud offering.
For now, demand is rising internally: Zuckerberg said the new Muse Spark model from Meta Superintelligence Lab has sharply increased Meta's AI usage.

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