Lumen and Meta Partner to Drive AI Network Expansion

Lumen and Meta announced that they are partnering to significantly increase Meta's network capacity and help drive its bold AI ambitions. The expanded network will provide dedicated interconnection for Meta's industry-leading infrastructure, strengthening and increasing the company's ability to lead in AI development. This increase in capability is another differentiator that will fuel Meta's vision to advance AI for a more connected world.

"We're enabling one of the biggest expansions of network capacity in our lifetime," said Ashley Haynes-Gaspar, Lumen's EVP and chief revenue officer. "We've transformed our company to meet this demand. As Meta's customers use more AI services across its platforms, we're helping provide Meta with a seamless, effortless, and flexible network that will meet its growing needs."  

With the growing interest in AI, preparing for the future means investing in a reliable network. The Lumen partnership provides Meta with increased flexibility through secure on-demand bandwidth to support its complex computing needs and serve billions of people every day.

"Our AI tools are performing increasingly more complex tasks including enabling conversations in a variety of languages and translating text to images in real time, while helping people interact with the world around them in new, immersive ways. We are excited to work with Lumen to use this advanced network to provide scale and reliability for seamless experiences," said Alex-Handrah Aimé, director of Meta's Network Investments.

The Private Connectivity Fabric provided by Lumen is an offering uniquely positioned to deliver network capacity for an AI-ready world. The initiative includes dedicated access to existing fiber routes and new routes between data centers.

Source: Lumen and Meta media announcement