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Meta's infrastructure chief Santosh Janardhan to step down, Dave Brown to succeed him

Meta confirmed that Santosh Janardhan, its longtime head of infrastructure and co-head of engineering since 2009, is leaving the role. Dave Brown, who joined Meta as vice president of infrastructure earlier this year after 19 years at Amazon, will take over. Janardhan will stay on temporarily in an advisory role tied to Meta Compute before departing next year.

Meta's infrastructure chief Santosh Janardhan to depart, ex-AWS exec David Brown takes over

Meta Platforms infrastructure head and co-head of engineering Santosh Janardhan announced in an internal memo that he will leave the company, with former AWS senior vice president David Brown succeeding him. Brown, who joined Meta in July, will lead infrastructure efforts and serve as chief technical officer of the Meta Compute initiative, while Janardhan said he will assist with the transition through the first quarter of 2027.