Meta and AMD Strike $100 Billion AI Deal with 10% Stock Participation

Meta and AMD Close Historic $100 Billion AI Chip Partnership

Meta Platforms has finalized a historic deal with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) valued at more than $100 billion, a strategic move to diversify its AI infrastructure and challenge Nvidia’s dominance in the artificial intelligence chip market.

Deal Details

The multi-year, multi-generation agreement between Meta and AMD includes:

• 6 Gigawatts of Computing Power: AMD will provide up to 6 gigawatts of computing power through its AMD Instinct chips to fuel Meta’s ambitious AI plans
• 10% Equity Stake: As part of the deal, Meta received warrants to purchase up to 160 million shares of AMD (approximately 10% of the company’s total shares)
• “Chips-for-Stock” Model: AMD is essentially exchanging company shares for GPU purchases - an innovative arrangement that mixes equity capital with hardware
• Lead Customer for EPYC CPUs: Meta will be a lead customer for 6th-generation EPYC processors and next-generation EPYC Verano processors

Performance Structure

The deal is performance-based with clear milestones:

• The first tranche of shares vests when Meta receives the first gigawatt of computing capacity
• Additional tranches scale as Meta purchases more computing capacity
• To receive all 160 million shares, AMD’s stock price must reach $600 (currently trading below $200)
• Each gigawatt of computing alone is worth tens of billions in revenue for AMD

Context and Impact

This deal represents AMD’s second major partnership of this kind. In October 2025, AMD closed a similar deal with OpenAI, offering 6 gigawatts in chips and up to 10% of the company in return.

AMD CEO Lisa Su described the partnership as a “multi-year, multi-generation collaboration,” while Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg highlighted it as a long-term commitment to deliver “personal superintelligence.”

Challenge to Nvidia’s Dominance

This deal is a clear signal that major tech players are seeking alternatives to Nvidia to power their AI ambitions. Meta had previously announced it would also deploy standalone Nvidia Grace CPUs in its production data centers.

The combination of AMD and Nvidia in Meta’s infrastructure suggests a diversification strategy that could become standard among tech companies heavily dependent on AI computing.

Financial Implications

Wall Street analysts point out that this type of circular deal has become a common feature of the AI boom:

• Nvidia has already invested billions in customers like OpenAI, xAI, and CoreWeave
• Microsoft, Google, and Amazon have invested heavily in OpenAI and Anthropic, which depend on these giants for computing power
• The Meta/AMD deal creates a mutual reinforcement loop: AMD gets guaranteed revenue, while Meta receives equity stake and strategic influence

Sources

• Tom’s Hardware - AMD and Meta strike $100 billion AI deal
• The New York Times - Racing to Catch Up With Nvidia, AMD Signs Chips-for-Stock Deal With Meta
• Reuters - AMD clinches second mega chip supply deal, this time with Meta
• India TV - Meta to buy AMD’s MI450 AI chips in deal worth over $100 billion
• Wall Street Journal - Meta and AMD agree to AI chips deal worth more than $100 billion

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