Meta infrastructure head Janardhan to step down, Dave Brown to succeed him
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Meta confirmed to TechCrunch that infrastructure head and co-head of engineering Santosh Janardhan will step down, succeeded by Dave Brown, who joined the company earlier this year as vice president of infrastructure. A Meta representative said Janardhan will stay on to complete the transition and move to an advisory role at Meta Compute, and is expected to leave the company next year. He joined Meta in 2009 and earlier this year was also leading Meta Compute to expand data center investment and strategy.
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Santosh Janardhan, Meta's longtime head of infrastructure and co-head of engineering, is stepping down and will be replaced by Dave Brown, who joined as vice president of infrastructure earlier this year after 19 years at Amazon. Janardhan, who joined Meta in 2009, will stay on for a transition and move into an advisory role on Meta Compute, with his departure expected next year. Bloomberg first reported the move, citing an internal memo in which Janardhan cited the need to "pass the baton."
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