By Katie Paul and Krystal Hu
March 11, 2025 – 6:37 AM PDT
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Facebook owner Meta (META.O) is testing its first in-house chip for training artificial intelligence systems, a key milestone as it moves to design more of its own custom silicon and reduce reliance on external suppliers like Nvidia (NVDA.O), two sources told Reuters.
The world’s biggest social media company has begun a small deployment of the chip and plans to ramp up production for wide-scale use if the test goes well, the sources said.
The push to develop in-house chips is part of a long-term plan at Meta to bring down its mammoth infrastructure costs as the company places expensive bets on AI tools to drive growth.
Meta, which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp, has forecast total 2025 expenses of $114 billion to $119…
