DHAKA, Jan. 27 -- Meta Platforms, led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is planning a substantial investment of up to $65 billion (£559,051 crore) in artificial intelligence initiatives for 2025.

The funds will primarily be directed towards building a massive new data centre and expanding the company's AI workforce, Zuckerberg revealed in a Facebook post on Friday.

The proposed data centre is set to be so expansive that it could occupy a significant portion of Manhattan. Meta aims to bring online approximately one gigawatt of computing power by 2025 and anticipates concluding the year with over 1.3 million graphics processing units (GPUs).

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