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Public story · 2026-07-13 · high
Built with Broadcom and TSMC, the chip backs a buildout targeting 7GW by the end of 2026 against up to 145 billion dollars in infrastructure spend.
Why now: The September production date lands inside the same 2026 cycle where Meta's AI infrastructure spending is already set to hit as much as 145 billion dollars.
Meta's custom AI chip, code-named Iris, moves into production in September, per Reuters. The stakes are the buildout: Meta's targeting 7 gigawatts of AI compute by the end of 2026, and 14 gigawatts in 2027. That sits against up to 145 billion dollars in 2026 AI infrastructure spending alone. That's the scale every hyperscaler is chasing. It's also why the Nvidia tax matters: shaving even a slice of GPU spend off a budget that size is real money.
Iris is Meta's fourth-generation MTIA design, developed with Broadcom and manufactured by TSMC. A six-week test run turned up no major issues, clearing the chip for production. Meta and Broadcom have also formalized their partnership through 2029, so this isn't a one-off project.
Iris supplements Meta's existing Nvidia and AMD GPUs. It doesn't replace them. Every hyperscaler wants to cut its Nvidia bill. Shipping working silicon after a clean test run is real progress, even if the GPU fleet isn't going anywhere yet.
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