Bank of America analysts expect Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META, ETR:FB2A, SWX:FB)'s upcoming third quarter financial results to surpass Wall Street expectations, with potential upside being driven by an improving macroeconomic environment, accelerating AI benefits, and higher advertising sector spending. In a note to clients on Tuesday, the analysts stated that they expect Meta to report Q3 revenue of $50 billion along earnings per share of $7.30, beating the analyst consensus forecast of $49.5 billion and $6.69, respectively.
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Just over seven years ago, Apple became the first trillion-dollar company. Since then, nine other publicly traded companies entered the $1 trillion club.
Meta is adding parental controls for kids' interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots—including the ability to turn off one-on-one chats with AI characters altogether—beginning early next year.
In a landmark transaction for the digital infrastructure sector, Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META, ETR:FB2A, SWX:FB) is finalising an almost $30 billion financing package for its vast Hyperion data centre in rural Louisiana, the largest private capital deal ever recorded. The project, based in Richland Parish, will be jointly owned by Meta and investment firm Blue Owl Capital, with the social media group retaining a 20% stake.
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Former Meta executive and British politician Nick Clegg sat down with CNBC's Arjun Kharpal for "Squawk Box Europe" on Wednesday. "There's just absolute spasm of almost daily, hourly, deal making" in AI, he said.
Meta Platforms (META) closed the most recent trading day at $717.55, moving +1.26% from the previous trading session.
Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META, ETR:FB2A, SWX:FB) is planning a $1.5 billion investment in an AI-focused data center in Texas, part of a broader effort to develop extensive AI infrastructure across the United States, the company announced on Wednesday. The Texas facility is one of several locations under consideration, including Louisiana and Wyoming, with potential total investments reaching up to $200 billion.
Semiconductor design company Arm is partnering up with Meta to enhance the social media giant's AI systems amid an unprecedented infrastructure buildout. Under the partnership, Meta's ranking and recommendation systems will move to Arm's Neoverse platform, which was recently optimized for AI systems in the cloud, among other implementations.
Meta Platforms said on Wednesday it would invest $1.5 billion in a data center in Texas, breaking ground at its 29th such facility globally, as the social media giant expands infrastructure to support artificial intelligence workloads.
Three years after removing its job listings feature, Facebook is bringing it back to users in the U.S., focusing on helping people find local jobs in entry-level, trade, and service sectors.