Meta infrastructure chief Santosh Janardhan to step down

Nov 11, 2026
Santosh Janardhan will step down as Meta's infrastructure chief and joint head of engineering. Dave Brown, a former Amazon executive, will replace him.

Meta infrastructure chief Santosh Janardhan will step down and leave the company next year, according to TechCrunch. Dave Brown, who joined Meta as vice president of infrastructure earlier this year, will replace him.

Janardhan will remain during the transition and move into an advisory role for Meta Compute. He joined the company in 2009 and became responsible for Meta Compute earlier this year as the company expanded its data center investments.

Brown previously spent 19 years at Amazon, where his work covered computing, cloud services and AI. Meta did not provide a reason for Janardhan's departure.

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